#AEBB42#AEBB42

#AEBB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.144 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBB42
RGB	rgb(174, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -20.50, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 61.06, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0611 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.144 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2101, 44.9332, 11.9187)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBB42 #4F42BB

analogous

#BB8B42 #AEBB42 #72BB42

triadic

#AEBB42 #42AEBB #BB42AE

tetradic

#AEBB42 #42BB8B #4F42BB #BB4272

square

#AEBB42 #42BB8B #4F42BB #BB4272

split-complementary

#AEBB42 #4272BB #8B42BB

monochromatic

#5A6122 #848E32 #AEBB42 #C2CC6E #D5DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#AEBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#AEBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBB42

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBB42	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.144 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cf7c',
    500: '#aebb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebb42;
$custom-light: #c9cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.446,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75887,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBB42

secondary

#9791C8

accent

#50D75F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBB42

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

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