#AEB657#AEB657

#AEB657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.120 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB657
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 52.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -16.37, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 49.58, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0473 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.12 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9045, 43.1433, 15.4511)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB657 #5F57B6

analogous

#B68F57 #AEB657 #7EB657

triadic

#AEB657 #57AEB6 #B657AE

tetradic

#AEB657 #57B68F #5F57B6 #B6577E

square

#AEB657 #57B68F #5F57B6 #B6577E

split-complementary

#AEB657 #577EB6 #8F57B6

monochromatic

#61662C #8A913F #AEB657 #C3C982 #D7DBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEB657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#AEB657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB657

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB657	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)

#C2AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.120 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb89',
    500: '#aeb657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb657;
$custom-light: #c8cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.053,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74994,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB657

secondary

#A3A0C9

accent

#58CF62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB657

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

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