#AEBE36#AEBE36

#AEBE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.156 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE36
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -22.68, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 66.85, 109.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0684 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.156 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5358, 46.0925, 10.4614)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE36 #4636BE

analogous

#BE8A36 #AEBE36 #6ABE36

triadic

#AEBE36 #36AEBE #BE36AE

tetradic

#AEBE36 #36BE8A #4636BE #BE366A

square

#AEBE36 #36BE8A #4636BE #BE366A

split-complementary

#AEBE36 #366ABE #8A36BE

monochromatic

#575F1B #828E28 #AEBE36 #C4D260 #D6DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEBE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#AEBE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE36

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE36	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.156 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad176',
    500: '#aebe36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe36;
$custom-light: #cad176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76469,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE36

secondary

#8E86CA

accent

#49DF5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE36

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

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