#AEB356#AEB356

#AEB356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.117 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB356
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -14.93, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 48.65, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0433 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.117 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2561, 41.9115, 15.0348)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB356 #5B56B3

analogous

#B38A56 #AEB356 #80B356

triadic

#AEB356 #56AEB3 #B356AE

tetradic

#AEB356 #56B38A #5B56B3 #B35680

square

#AEB356 #56B38A #5B56B3 #B35680

split-complementary

#AEB356 #5680B3 #8A56B3

monochromatic

#5F622C #888D3F #AEB356 #C2C680 #D6D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#AEB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB356

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB356	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)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.117 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c988',
    500: '#aeb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb356;
$custom-light: #c8c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.226,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74318,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB356

secondary

#A09EC7

accent

#5ACE60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB356

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

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