#AEB85B#AEB85B

#AEB85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.118 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB85B
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 91)
HSL	hsl(66, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 50.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -17.02, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 48.66, 110.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0488 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.118 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4850, 44.0355, 16.4732)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB85B #655BB8

analogous

#B8945B #AEB85B #80B85B

triadic

#AEB85B #5BAEB8 #B85BAE

tetradic

#AEB85B #5BB894 #655BB8 #B85B80

square

#AEB85B #5BB894 #655BB8 #B85B80

split-complementary

#AEB85B #5B80B8 #945BB8

monochromatic

#646A2E #8C9541 #AEB85B #C3CA86 #D8DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AEB85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#AEB85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB85B

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB85B	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.118 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cd8c',
    500: '#aeb85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb85b;
$custom-light: #c8cd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.452,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75488,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB85B

secondary

#A8A4CB

accent

#58CF65

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB85B

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

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