#AEBE3A#AEBE3A

#AEBE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.153 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE3A
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -22.47, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 65.43, 110.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0674 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.153 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6336, 46.1316, 10.9766)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE3A #4A3ABE

analogous

#BE8C3A #AEBE3A #6CBE3A

triadic

#AEBE3A #3AAEBE #BE3AAE

tetradic

#AEBE3A #3ABE8C #4A3ABE #BE3A6C

square

#AEBE3A #3ABE8C #4A3ABE #BE3A6C

split-complementary

#AEBE3A #3A6CBE #8C3ABE

monochromatic

#58601D #838F2C #AEBE3A #C3D065 #D5DE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#AEBE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE3A

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE3A	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.153 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d178',
    500: '#aebe3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe3a;
$custom-light: #c9d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76497,
    "c": 0.15305,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE3A

secondary

#928ACA

accent

#4BDD5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE3A

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

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