#AEBE38#AEBE38

#AEBE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.154 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE38
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -22.58, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 66.15, 109.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0679 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.154 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5837, 46.1116, 10.7138)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE38 #4838BE

analogous

#BE8B38 #AEBE38 #6BBE38

triadic

#AEBE38 #38AEBE #BE38AE

tetradic

#AEBE38 #38BE8B #4838BE #BE386B

square

#AEBE38 #38BE8B #4838BE #BE386B

split-complementary

#AEBE38 #386BBE #8B38BE

monochromatic

#575F1C #838F2A #AEBE38 #C4D162 #D6DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#AEBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE38

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE38	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.154 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d177',
    500: '#aebe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe38;
$custom-light: #c9d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.164,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76483,
    "c": 0.15436,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE38

secondary

#9088CA

accent

#4ADE5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE38

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

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