#AEBB3B#AEBB3B

#AEBB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.149 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBB3B
RGB	rgb(174, 187, 59)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -20.93, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 63.77, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.063 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.149 115)
XYZ	xyz(36.0162, 44.8557, 10.8975)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBB3B #483BBB

analogous

#BB883B #AEBB3B #6EBB3B

triadic

#AEBB3B #3BAEBB #BB3BAE

tetradic

#AEBB3B #3BBB88 #483BBB #BB3B6E

square

#AEBB3B #3BBB88 #483BBB #BB3B6E

split-complementary

#AEBB3B #3B6EBB #883BBB

monochromatic

#575E1E #838C2C #AEBB3B #C4CE65 #D6DD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEBB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#AEBB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBB3B

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBB3B	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 187, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.149 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cf79',
    500: '#aebb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebb3b;
$custom-light: #c9cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.094,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7583,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.44855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBB3B

secondary

#908AC8

accent

#4CDB5B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBB3B

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

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