#AEB759#AEB759

#AEB759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.119 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB759
RGB	rgb(174, 183, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 51.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -16.70, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 49.12, 109.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.048 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.119 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1928, 43.5875, 15.9559)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB759 #6259B7

analogous

#B79159 #AEB759 #7FB759

triadic

#AEB759 #59AEB7 #B759AE

tetradic

#AEB759 #59B791 #6259B7 #B7597F

square

#AEB759 #59B791 #6259B7 #B7597F

split-complementary

#AEB759 #597FB7 #9159B7

monochromatic

#63682D #8B9340 #AEB759 #C3CA84 #D8DCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#AEB759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB759

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB759	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 183, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.119 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cc8a',
    500: '#aeb759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb759;
$custom-light: #c8cc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.745,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75241,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB759

secondary

#A6A2CA

accent

#58CF64

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB759

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

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