#AEB656#AEB656

#AEB656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.121 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB656
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 52.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -16.46, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 50.05, 109.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0477 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.121 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8639, 43.1271, 15.2374)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB656 #5E56B6

analogous

#B68E56 #AEB656 #7EB656

triadic

#AEB656 #56AEB6 #B656AE

tetradic

#AEB656 #56B68E #5E56B6 #B6567E

square

#AEB656 #56B68E #5E56B6 #B6567E

split-complementary

#AEB656 #567EB6 #8E56B6

monochromatic

#61662C #8A903E #AEB656 #C2C881 #D7DBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#AEB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB656

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB656	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.121 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb88',
    500: '#aeb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb656;
$custom-light: #c8cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74982,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB656

secondary

#A39FC9

accent

#58D062

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB656

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

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