#AEBB36#AEBB36

#AEBB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.152 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBB36
RGB	rgb(174, 187, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -21.20, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 65.59, 108.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0643 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.152 115)
XYZ	xyz(35.8927, 44.8063, 10.2470)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBB36 #4336BB

analogous

#BB8636 #AEBB36 #6BBB36

triadic

#AEBB36 #36AEBB #BB36AE

tetradic

#AEBB36 #36BB86 #4336BB #BB366B

square

#AEBB36 #36BB86 #4336BB #BB366B

split-complementary

#AEBB36 #366BBB #8636BB

monochromatic

#565C1B #828C28 #AEBB36 #C5D05E #D6DE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEBB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#AEBB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBB36

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBB36	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)

#C8B21E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 187, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.152 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cf76',
    500: '#aebb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebb36;
$custom-light: #c9cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.865,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75793,
    "c": 0.15227,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.44806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBB36

secondary

#8B84C9

accent

#49DF58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBB36

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

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