#AEBB56#AEBB56

#AEBB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.127 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBB56
RGB	rgb(174, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -18.98, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 52.44, 111.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0548 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.127 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9062, 45.2117, 15.5848)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBB56 #6356BB

analogous

#BB9556 #AEBB56 #7BBB56

triadic

#AEBB56 #56AEBB #BB56AE

tetradic

#AEBB56 #56BB95 #6356BB #BB567B

square

#AEBB56 #56BB95 #6356BB #BB567B

split-complementary

#AEBB56 #567BBB #9556BB

monochromatic

#636B2B #8B973D #AEBB56 #C3CD82 #D8DEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#AEBB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#AEBB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBB56

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBB56	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.127 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cf89',
    500: '#aebb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebb56;
$custom-light: #c8cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.723,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76093,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBB56

secondary

#A6A1CC

accent

#55D265

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBB56

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

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