#AEB459#AEB459

#AEB459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB459
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -15.17, 45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 47.69, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0437 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.115 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5807, 42.3631, 15.7518)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB459 #5F59B4

analogous

#B48C59 #AEB459 #80B459

triadic

#AEB459 #59AEB4 #B459AE

tetradic

#AEB459 #59B48C #5F59B4 #B45980

square

#AEB459 #59B48C #5F59B4 #B45980

split-complementary

#AEB459 #5980B4 #8C59B4

monochromatic

#61652E #8A8F41 #AEB459 #C3C783 #D7DAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#AEB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB459

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB459	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)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ca8a',
    500: '#aeb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb459;
$custom-light: #c8ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.956,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74577,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB459

secondary

#A3A1C8

accent

#5ACE62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB459

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

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