#AEBC2D#AEBC2D

#AEBC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.159 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBC2D
RGB	rgb(174, 188, 45)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -22.12, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 68.98, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0676 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.159 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9135, 45.1552, 9.3061)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBC2D #3B2DBC

analogous

#BC822D #AEBC2D #66BC2D

triadic

#AEBC2D #2DAEBC #BC2DAE

tetradic

#AEBC2D #2DBC82 #3B2DBC #BC2D66

square

#AEBC2D #2DBC82 #3B2DBC #BC2D66

split-complementary

#AEBC2D #2D66BC #822DBC

monochromatic

#535915 #808B21 #AEBC2D #C8D551 #D8E182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#AEBC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#AEBC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBC2D

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBC2D	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebc2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 188, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.159 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad072',
    500: '#aebc2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebc2d;
$custom-light: #cad072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebc2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.874,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75962,
    "c": 0.15853,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBC2D

secondary

#827BCA

accent

#43E453

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBC2D

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

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