#AEBC40#AEBC40

#AEBC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.147 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBC40
RGB	rgb(174, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -21.12, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 62.29, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0631 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.147 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3651, 45.3358, 11.6845)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBC40 #4E40BC

analogous

#BC8C40 #AEBC40 #70BC40

triadic

#AEBC40 #40AEBC #BC40AE

tetradic

#AEBC40 #40BC8C #4E40BC #BC4070

square

#AEBC40 #40BC8C #4E40BC #BC4070

split-complementary

#AEBC40 #4070BC #8C40BC

monochromatic

#596121 #848E30 #AEBC40 #C2CD6C #D5DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#AEBC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#AEBC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBC40

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBC40	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.147 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d07b',
    500: '#aebc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebc40;
$custom-light: #c9d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.774,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76095,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBC40

secondary

#968FC9

accent

#4FD95F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBC40

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

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