#AEBB2E#AEBB2E
#AEBB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.157 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AEBB2E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 187, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 61%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 75%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7%, 0%, 75.4%, 26.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.72, -21.58, 64.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.72, 68.27, 108.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.74% -0.066 0.1424) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.74% 0.157 114.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.7201, 44.7372, 9.3377) |
| Luminance | 0.4474 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 1.79
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 2.42
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 2.88
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.22
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.44
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEBB2E #3B2EBB
analogous
#BB812E #AEBB2E #67BB2E
triadic
#AEBB2E #2EAEBB #BB2EAE
tetradic
#AEBB2E #2EBB81 #3B2EBB #BB2E67
square
#AEBB2E #2EBB81 #3B2EBB #BB2E67
split-complementary
#AEBB2E #2E67BB #812EBB
monochromatic
#535916 #808A22 #AEBB2E #C8D452 #D8E083
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#AEBB2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.95
#AEBB2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEBB2E
9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEBB2E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEBB2E | 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)
#C9B10A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B43A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BAB0A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aebb2e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 187, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.157 114.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cacf72',
500: '#aebb2e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aebb2e; $custom-light: #cacf72; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aebb2e",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 187,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.532,
"s": 60.515,
"l": 45.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75742,
"c": 0.15693,
"h": 114.9
},
"luminance": 0.44737
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEBB2E
secondary
#827BCA
accent
#44E453
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F9ED
border
#D2D2C8
text
#141309
muted
#82827B