#AEB489#AEB489

#AEB489 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.059 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB489
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(68, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(68, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 23.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -9.41, 21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 23.28, 113.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0244 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.059 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2919, 43.4476, 30.0310)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB489 #8F89B4

analogous

#B4A589 #AEB489 #99B489

triadic

#AEB489 #89AEB4 #B489AE

tetradic

#AEB489 #89B4A5 #8F89B4 #B48999

square

#AEB489 #89B4A5 #8F89B4 #B48999

split-complementary

#AEB489 #8999B4 #A589B4

monochromatic

#71774C #949C64 #AEB489 #C8CCAE #E1E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEB489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#AEB489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB489

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB489	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB18B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.059 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6caab',
    500: '#aeb489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb489;
$custom-light: #c6caab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.372,
    "s": 22.28,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75404,
    "c": 0.05922,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB489

secondary

#C7C5D4

accent

#45A152

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB489

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

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