#AEB55B#AEB55B

#AEB55B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB55B
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 49.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -15.49, 44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 47.21, 109.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0444 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.115 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8684, 42.8024, 16.2677)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB55B #625BB5

analogous

#B58F5B #AEB55B #81B55B

triadic

#AEB55B #5BAEB5 #B55BAE

tetradic

#AEB55B #5BB58F #625BB5 #B55B81

square

#AEB55B #5BB58F #625BB5 #B55B81

split-complementary

#AEB55B #5B81B5 #8F5BB5

monochromatic

#63672F #8B9142 #AEB55B #C3C885 #D8DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEB55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#AEB55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB55B

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB55B	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb8c',
    500: '#aeb55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb55b;
$custom-light: #c8cb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.667,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74824,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB55B

secondary

#A6A3C9

accent

#5ACE63

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB55B

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

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