#AEB359#AEB359

#AEB359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB359
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -14.65, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 47.22, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0422 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.114 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3795, 41.9608, 15.6848)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB359 #5E59B3

analogous

#B38B59 #AEB359 #81B359

triadic

#AEB359 #59AEB3 #B359AE

tetradic

#AEB359 #59B38B #5E59B3 #B35981

square

#AEB359 #59B38B #5E59B3 #B35981

split-complementary

#AEB359 #5981B3 #8B59B3

monochromatic

#61642E #8A8E41 #AEB359 #C2C683 #D7D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#AEB359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB359

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB359	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)

#BFAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c98a',
    500: '#aeb359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb359;
$custom-light: #c8c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74356,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB359

secondary

#A3A0C7

accent

#5BCD61

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB359

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

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