#AEB357#AEB357

#AEB357 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.116 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB357
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -14.84, 45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 48.17, 107.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.043 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.116 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2967, 41.9277, 15.2485)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB357 #5C57B3

analogous

#B38A57 #AEB357 #80B357

triadic

#AEB357 #57AEB3 #B357AE

tetradic

#AEB357 #57B38A #5C57B3 #B35780

square

#AEB357 #57B38A #5C57B3 #B35780

split-complementary

#AEB357 #5780B3 #8A57B3

monochromatic

#60632D #898D40 #AEB357 #C2C681 #D7D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#AEB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB357

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB357	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.116 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c989',
    500: '#aeb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb357;
$custom-light: #c8c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.261,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7433,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB357

secondary

#A19FC7

accent

#5ACE60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB357

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

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