#AEBC55#AEBC55

#AEBC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.129 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBC55
RGB	rgb(174, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -19.57, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 53.37, 111.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0566 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.129 116)
XYZ	xyz(37.0791, 45.6214, 15.4451)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBC55 #6355BC

analogous

#BC9655 #AEBC55 #7ABC55

triadic

#AEBC55 #55AEBC #BC55AE

tetradic

#AEBC55 #55BC96 #6355BC #BC557A

square

#AEBC55 #55BC96 #6355BC #BC557A

split-complementary

#AEBC55 #557ABC #9655BC

monochromatic

#636C2B #8B983C #AEBC55 #C3CD81 #D8DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEBC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#AEBC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBC55

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBC55	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.129 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d088',
    500: '#aebc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebc55;
$custom-light: #c8d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.155,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76304,
    "c": 0.12912,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.45621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBC55

secondary

#A6A0CC

accent

#55D366

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBC55

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

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