#AEB487#AEB487

#AEB487 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.062 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB487
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 135)
HSL	hsl(68, 23%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(68, 25%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 25%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -9.71, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 24.34, 113.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0252 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.062 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1498, 43.3908, 29.2825)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB487 #8D87B4

analogous

#B4A487 #AEB487 #98B487

triadic

#AEB487 #87AEB4 #B487AE

tetradic

#AEB487 #87B4A4 #8D87B4 #B48798

square

#AEB487 #87B4A4 #8D87B4 #B48798

split-complementary

#AEB487 #8798B4 #A487B4

monochromatic

#71774A #949C62 #AEB487 #C7CCAD #E1E3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEB487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#AEB487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB487

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB487	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.062 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6caaa',
    500: '#aeb487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb487;
$custom-light: #c6caaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75361,
    "c": 0.06181,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB487

secondary

#C5C3D4

accent

#44A250

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB487

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

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