#AEBC38#AEBC38

#AEBC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.152 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBC38
RGB	rgb(174, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -21.59, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 65.30, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0652 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.152 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1535, 45.2512, 10.5704)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBC38 #4638BC

analogous

#BC8838 #AEBC38 #6CBC38

triadic

#AEBC38 #38AEBC #BC38AE

tetradic

#AEBC38 #38BC88 #4638BC #BC386C

square

#AEBC38 #38BC88 #4638BC #BC386C

split-complementary

#AEBC38 #386CBC #8838BC

monochromatic

#575E1C #828D2A #AEBC38 #C4D061 #D6DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#AEBC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#AEBC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBC38

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBC38	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)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.152 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d077',
    500: '#aebc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebc38;
$custom-light: #c9d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76032,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBC38

secondary

#8E87C9

accent

#4ADD5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBC38

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

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