#AEBA56#AEBA56

#AEBA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.126 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA56
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -18.48, 48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 51.96, 110.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0534 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.126 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6948, 44.7889, 15.5143)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA56 #6256BA

analogous

#BA9456 #AEBA56 #7CBA56

triadic

#AEBA56 #56AEBA #BA56AE

tetradic

#AEBA56 #56BA94 #6256BA #BA567C

square

#AEBA56 #56BA94 #6256BA #BA567C

split-complementary

#AEBA56 #567CBA #9456BA

monochromatic

#636A2B #8B963D #AEBA56 #C3CC81 #D8DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEBA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#AEBA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA56

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA56	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.126 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ce89',
    500: '#aeba56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba56;
$custom-light: #c8ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7587,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA56

secondary

#A6A0CB

accent

#56D265

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA56

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

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