#AEB779#AEB779

#AEB779 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.084 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB779
RGB	rgb(174, 183, 121)
HSL	hsl(69, 30%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 34%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 33.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -13.18, 30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 33.26, 113.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0355 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.084 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8403, 44.2465, 24.6324)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB779 #8279B7

analogous

#B7A179 #AEB779 #8FB779

triadic

#AEB779 #79AEB7 #B779AE

tetradic

#AEB779 #79B7A1 #8279B7 #B7798F

square

#AEB779 #79B7A1 #8279B7 #B7798F

split-complementary

#AEB779 #798FB7 #A179B7

monochromatic

#6E763F #939E55 #AEB779 #C6CCA1 #DEE2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEB779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#AEB779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB779

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB779	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 183, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.084 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cca0',
    500: '#aeb779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb779;
$custom-light: #c7cca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.71,
    "s": 30.097,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75736,
    "c": 0.08357,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB779

secondary

#BDBAD2

accent

#61C670

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB779

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

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