#AEBC37#AEBC37

#AEBC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.153 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBC37
RGB	rgb(174, 188, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -21.64, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 65.66, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0654 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.153 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1293, 45.2415, 10.4429)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBC37 #4537BC

analogous

#BC8837 #AEBC37 #6BBC37

triadic

#AEBC37 #37AEBC #BC37AE

tetradic

#AEBC37 #37BC88 #4537BC #BC376B

square

#AEBC37 #37BC88 #4537BC #BC376B

split-complementary

#AEBC37 #376BBC #8837BC

monochromatic

#565D1B #828D29 #AEBC37 #C5D060 #D6DE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#AEBC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#AEBC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBC37

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBC37	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)

#C9B220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 188, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.153 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d077',
    500: '#aebc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebc37;
$custom-light: #c9d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76025,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBC37

secondary

#8D86C9

accent

#4ADE59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBC37

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

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