#AEB565#AEB565

#AEB565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.104 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB565
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 101)
HSL	hsl(65, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 44%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 44.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -14.49, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 42.34, 110.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0407 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.104 113)
XYZ	xyz(36.3289, 42.9866, 18.6929)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB565 #6C65B5

analogous

#B59465 #AEB565 #86B565

triadic

#AEB565 #65AEB5 #B565AE

tetradic

#AEB565 #65B594 #6C65B5 #B56586

square

#AEB565 #65B594 #6C65B5 #B56586

split-complementary

#AEB565 #6586B5 #9465B5

monochromatic

#676C34 #8E9548 #AEB565 #C4C98E #D9DDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#AEB565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#AEB565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB565

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB565	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.104 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cb92',
    500: '#aeb565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb565;
$custom-light: #c7cb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.25,
    "s": 35.088,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74964,
    "c": 0.10406,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB565

secondary

#ADAACC

accent

#5DCB66

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB565

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

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