#AEB556#AEB556

#AEB556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.120 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB556
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -15.95, 46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 49.58, 108.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0462 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.12 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6598, 42.7189, 15.1694)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB556 #5D56B5

analogous

#B58D56 #AEB556 #7FB556

triadic

#AEB556 #56AEB5 #B556AE

tetradic

#AEB556 #56B58D #5D56B5 #B5567F

square

#AEB556 #56B58D #5D56B5 #B5567F

split-complementary

#AEB556 #567FB5 #8D56B5

monochromatic

#60652C #898F3F #AEB556 #C2C881 #D7DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#AEB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB556

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB556	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)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.120 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb88',
    500: '#aeb556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb556;
$custom-light: #c8cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.421,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7476,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB556

secondary

#A29FC8

accent

#59CF62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB556

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

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