#AEB659#AEB659

#AEB659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB659
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 51.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -16.19, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 48.64, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0466 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.118 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9873, 43.1764, 15.8874)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB659 #6159B6

analogous

#B68F59 #AEB659 #7FB659

triadic

#AEB659 #59AEB6 #B659AE

tetradic

#AEB659 #59B68F #6159B6 #B6597F

square

#AEB659 #59B68F #6159B6 #B6597F

split-complementary

#AEB659 #597FB6 #8F59B6

monochromatic

#62672D #8B9240 #AEB659 #C3C984 #D7DBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEB659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#AEB659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB659

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB659	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb8a',
    500: '#aeb659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb659;
$custom-light: #c8cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.161,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75019,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB659

secondary

#A5A1C9

accent

#59CF63

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB659

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

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