#AEBC36#AEBC36

#AEBC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.153 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBC36
RGB	rgb(174, 188, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -21.70, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 66.01, 109.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0656 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.153 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1056, 45.2320, 10.3180)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBC36 #4436BC

analogous

#BC8736 #AEBC36 #6BBC36

triadic

#AEBC36 #36AEBC #BC36AE

tetradic

#AEBC36 #36BC87 #4436BC #BC366B

square

#AEBC36 #36BC87 #4436BC #BC366B

split-complementary

#AEBC36 #366BBC #8736BC

monochromatic

#565D1B #828C28 #AEBC36 #C5D15E #D6DF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#AEBC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#AEBC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBC36

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBC36	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 188, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.153 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d076',
    500: '#aebc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebc36;
$custom-light: #c9d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.269,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76018,
    "c": 0.15338,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBC36

secondary

#8C85C9

accent

#49DF59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBC36

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

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