#AEB481#AEB481

#AEB481 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.069 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB481
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(67, 25%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 28%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 28.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -10.56, 25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 27.49, 112.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0277 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.069 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7392, 43.2265, 27.1201)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB481 #8781B4

analogous

#B4A081 #AEB481 #94B481

triadic

#AEB481 #81AEB4 #B481AE

tetradic

#AEB481 #81B4A0 #8781B4 #B48194

square

#AEB481 #81B4A0 #8781B4 #B48194

split-complementary

#AEB481 #8194B4 #A081B4

monochromatic

#6F7546 #949B5C #AEB481 #C7CBA7 #DFE2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEB481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#AEB481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB481

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB481	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.069 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6caa6',
    500: '#aeb481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb481;
$custom-light: #c6caa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75236,
    "c": 0.06948,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB481

secondary

#C1BFD2

accent

#42A44D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#13130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB481

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

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