#AEBB40#AEBB40

#AEBB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.145 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBB40
RGB	rgb(174, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -20.63, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 61.85, 109.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0617 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.145 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1522, 44.9101, 11.6135)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBB40 #4D40BB

analogous

#BB8A40 #AEBB40 #71BB40

triadic

#AEBB40 #40AEBB #BB40AE

tetradic

#AEBB40 #40BB8A #4D40BB #BB4071

square

#AEBB40 #40BB8A #4D40BB #BB4071

split-complementary

#AEBB40 #4071BB #8A40BB

monochromatic

#596021 #848D30 #AEBB40 #C2CD6C #D5DC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#AEBB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#AEBB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBB40

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBB40	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.145 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cf7b',
    500: '#aebb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebb40;
$custom-light: #c9cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.341,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7587,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBB40

secondary

#958FC8

accent

#4FD95E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBB40

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

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