#AEBA55#AEBA55

#AEBA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.127 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA55
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -18.57, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 52.42, 110.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0537 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.127 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6548, 44.7729, 15.3036)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA55 #6155BA

analogous

#BA9355 #AEBA55 #7BBA55

triadic

#AEBA55 #55AEBA #BA55AE

tetradic

#AEBA55 #55BA93 #6155BA #BA557B

square

#AEBA55 #55BA93 #6155BA #BA557B

split-complementary

#AEBA55 #557BBA #9355BA

monochromatic

#626A2B #8B953D #AEBA55 #C3CC81 #D7DDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEBA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#AEBA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA55

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA55	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.127 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ce88',
    500: '#aeba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba55;
$custom-light: #c8ce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.129,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75858,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA55

secondary

#A5A0CB

accent

#56D265

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA55

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

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