#AEB457#AEB457

#AEB457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB457
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -15.35, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 48.64, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0444 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.117 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4978, 42.3300, 15.3155)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB457 #5D57B4

analogous

#B48C57 #AEB457 #80B457

triadic

#AEB457 #57AEB4 #B457AE

tetradic

#AEB457 #57B48C #5D57B4 #B45780

square

#AEB457 #57B48C #5D57B4 #B45780

split-complementary

#AEB457 #5780B4 #8C57B4

monochromatic

#60642D #898E40 #AEB457 #C2C781 #D7DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEB457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#AEB457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB457

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB457	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ca89',
    500: '#aeb457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb457;
$custom-light: #c8ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74551,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB457

secondary

#A29FC8

accent

#5ACE61

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB457

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

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