#AEBB21#AEBB21

#AEBB21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.163 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBB21
RGB	rgb(174, 187, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -22.07, 68.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 71.92, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0683 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.163 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5015, 44.6498, 8.1867)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBB21 #2E21BB

analogous

#BB7B21 #AEBB21 #61BB21

triadic

#AEBB21 #21AEBB #BB21AE

tetradic

#AEBB21 #21BB7B #2E21BB #BB2161

square

#AEBB21 #21BB7B #2E21BB #BB2161

split-complementary

#AEBB21 #2161BB #7B21BB

monochromatic

#4D530F #7E8718 #AEBB21 #CFDD3D #DCE671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEBB21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#AEBB21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBB21

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBB21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBB21	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebb21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 187, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.163 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacf6d',
    500: '#aebb21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebb21;
$custom-light: #cacf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebb21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.065,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75678,
    "c": 0.16298,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBB21

secondary

#746BCC

accent

#3BED4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBB21

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

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