#AEB855#AEB855

#AEB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.124 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB855
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -17.56, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 51.46, 109.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0509 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.124 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2364, 43.9361, 15.1642)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB855 #5F55B8

analogous

#B89155 #AEB855 #7CB855

triadic

#AEB855 #55AEB8 #B855AE

tetradic

#AEB855 #55B891 #5F55B8 #B8557C

square

#AEB855 #55B891 #5F55B8 #B8557C

split-complementary

#AEB855 #557CB8 #9155B8

monochromatic

#61672B #8A933D #AEB855 #C3CA80 #D7DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AEB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#AEB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB855

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB855	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.124 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cd88',
    500: '#aeb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb855;
$custom-light: #c8cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.061,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75413,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB855

secondary

#A39FCA

accent

#57D163

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB855

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

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