#AEB962#AEB962

#AEB962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.112 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB962
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(68, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 47%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -16.84, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 45.80, 111.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0476 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.112 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0096, 44.5789, 18.2078)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB962 #6D62B9

analogous

#B99862 #AEB962 #82B962

triadic

#AEB962 #62AEB9 #B962AE

tetradic

#AEB962 #62B998 #6D62B9 #B96282

square

#AEB962 #62B998 #6D62B9 #B96282

split-complementary

#AEB962 #6282B9 #9862B9

monochromatic

#676F32 #8F9944 #AEB962 #C4CC8C #DADFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEB962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#AEB962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB962

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB962	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.112 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ce90',
    500: '#aeb962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb962;
$custom-light: #c8ce90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.586,
    "s": 38.326,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75804,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB962

secondary

#AEA9CE

accent

#5ACE68

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F9F1

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB962

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

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