#AEB555#AEB555

#AEB555 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.121 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB555
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -16.04, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 50.05, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0466 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.121 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6198, 42.7029, 14.9587)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB555 #5C55B5

analogous

#B58C55 #AEB555 #7EB555

triadic

#AEB555 #55AEB5 #B555AE

tetradic

#AEB555 #55B58C #5C55B5 #B5557E

square

#AEB555 #55B58C #5C55B5 #B5557E

split-complementary

#AEB555 #557EB5 #8C55B5

monochromatic

#60642C #898F3E #AEB555 #C2C880 #D7DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEB555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#AEB555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB555

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB555	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.121 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb88',
    500: '#aeb555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb555;
$custom-light: #c8cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.375,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74748,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB555

secondary

#A19EC8

accent

#59CF61

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB555

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

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