#AEB956#AEB956

#AEB956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB956
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 53.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -17.97, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 51.48, 110.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.052 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.124 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4849, 44.3690, 15.4444)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB956 #6156B9

analogous

#B99356 #AEB956 #7CB956

triadic

#AEB956 #56AEB9 #B956AE

tetradic

#AEB956 #56B993 #6156B9 #B9567C

square

#AEB956 #56B993 #6156B9 #B9567C

split-complementary

#AEB956 #567CB9 #9356B9

monochromatic

#62692C #8B943D #AEB956 #C3CB81 #D7DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#AEB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB956

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB956	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ce89',
    500: '#aeb956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb956;
$custom-light: #c8ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75648,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB956

secondary

#A5A0CB

accent

#57D164

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB956

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

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