#AEB559#AEB559

#AEB559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.117 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB559
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -15.68, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 48.17, 108.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0452 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.117 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7833, 42.7683, 15.8193)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB559 #6059B5

analogous

#B58E59 #AEB559 #80B559

triadic

#AEB559 #59AEB5 #B559AE

tetradic

#AEB559 #59B58E #6059B5 #B55980

square

#AEB559 #59B58E #6059B5 #B55980

split-complementary

#AEB559 #5980B5 #8E59B5

monochromatic

#62662E #8A9040 #AEB559 #C3C883 #D7DBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#AEB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB559

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB559	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)

#C1AE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.117 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb8a',
    500: '#aeb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb559;
$custom-light: #c8cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.565,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74798,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB559

secondary

#A4A1C9

accent

#5ACE62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB559

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

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