#AEB355#AEB355

#AEB355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.118 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB355
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -15.01, 46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 49.12, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0437 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.118 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2161, 41.8955, 14.8241)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB355 #5A55B3

analogous

#B38955 #AEB355 #7FB355

triadic

#AEB355 #55AEB3 #B355AE

tetradic

#AEB355 #55B389 #5A55B3 #B3557F

square

#AEB355 #55B389 #5A55B3 #B3557F

split-complementary

#AEB355 #557FB3 #8955B3

monochromatic

#5F622C #888C3F #AEB355 #C2C67F #D6D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#AEB355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB355

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB355	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.118 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c988',
    500: '#aeb355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb355;
$custom-light: #c8c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.191,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74305,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB355

secondary

#9F9DC7

accent

#5ACE60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB355

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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