#AEBE3B#AEBE3B

#AEBE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.152 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE3B
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -22.41, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 65.07, 110.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0672 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.152 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6593, 46.1419, 11.1119)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE3B #4B3BBE

analogous

#BE8D3B #AEBE3B #6DBE3B

triadic

#AEBE3B #3BAEBE #BE3BAE

tetradic

#AEBE3B #3BBE8D #4B3BBE #BE3B6D

square

#AEBE3B #3BBE8D #4B3BBE #BE3B6D

split-complementary

#AEBE3B #3B6DBE #8D3BBE

monochromatic

#58611E #838F2C #AEBE3B #C3D067 #D5DE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#AEBE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE3B

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE3B	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)

#CBB426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.152 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d179',
    500: '#aebe3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe3b;
$custom-light: #c9d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.328,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76505,
    "c": 0.1524,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE3B

secondary

#938BCA

accent

#4CDC5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE3B

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

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