#AEB485#AEB485

#AEB485 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.064 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB485
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 133)
HSL	hsl(68, 24%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(68, 26%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 26.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -9.99, 23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 25.39, 113.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0261 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.064 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0103, 43.3350, 28.5478)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB485 #8B85B4

analogous

#B4A385 #AEB485 #97B485

triadic

#AEB485 #85AEB4 #B485AE

tetradic

#AEB485 #85B4A3 #8B85B4 #B48597

square

#AEB485 #85B4A3 #8B85B4 #B48597

split-complementary

#AEB485 #8597B4 #A385B4

monochromatic

#707649 #949C60 #AEB485 #C7CBAB #E0E3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEB485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#AEB485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB485

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB485	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.064 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6caa8',
    500: '#aeb485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb485;
$custom-light: #c6caa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.66,
    "s": 23.858,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75319,
    "c": 0.06438,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB485

secondary

#C4C2D3

accent

#43A24F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#13130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB485

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

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