#AEB755#AEB755

#AEB755 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.123 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB755
RGB	rgb(174, 183, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 53.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -17.05, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 50.99, 109.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0495 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.123 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0294, 43.5221, 15.0952)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB755 #5E55B7

analogous

#B78F55 #AEB755 #7DB755

triadic

#AEB755 #55AEB7 #B755AE

tetradic

#AEB755 #55B78F #5E55B7 #B7557D

square

#AEB755 #55B78F #5E55B7 #B7557D

split-complementary

#AEB755 #557DB7 #8F55B7

monochromatic

#61662B #8A913E #AEB755 #C2C980 #D7DBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#AEB755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB755

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB755	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 183, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.123 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cc88',
    500: '#aeb755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb755;
$custom-light: #c8cc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.51,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75191,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB755

secondary

#A39FC9

accent

#57D063

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB755

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

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