#AEB557#AEB557

#AEB557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.119 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB557
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -15.86, 46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 49.11, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0459 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.119 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7004, 42.7352, 15.3830)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB557 #5E57B5

analogous

#B58D57 #AEB557 #7FB557

triadic

#AEB557 #57AEB5 #B557AE

tetradic

#AEB557 #57B58D #5E57B5 #B5577F

square

#AEB557 #57B58D #5E57B5 #B5577F

split-complementary

#AEB557 #577FB5 #8D57B5

monochromatic

#61652D #8A903F #AEB557 #C2C881 #D7DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#AEB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB557

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB557	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.119 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb89',
    500: '#aeb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb557;
$custom-light: #c8cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.468,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74772,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB557

secondary

#A39FC8

accent

#59CF62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB557

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

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