#AEBC42#AEBC42

#AEBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.145 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBC42
RGB	rgb(174, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -21.00, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 61.50, 109.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0625 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.145 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4230, 45.3590, 11.9896)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBC42 #5042BC

analogous

#BC8D42 #AEBC42 #71BC42

triadic

#AEBC42 #42AEBC #BC42AE

tetradic

#AEBC42 #42BC8D #5042BC #BC4271

square

#AEBC42 #42BC8D #5042BC #BC4271

split-complementary

#AEBC42 #4271BC #8D42BC

monochromatic

#5A6122 #848F32 #AEBC42 #C2CC6F #D5DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#AEBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#AEBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBC42

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBC42	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)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.145 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d07d',
    500: '#aebc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebc42;
$custom-light: #c9d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.885,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76112,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBC42

secondary

#9891C9

accent

#50D860

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBC42

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

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