#AEBE3C#AEBE3C

#AEBE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.152 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE3C
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 60)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -22.35, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 64.70, 110.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0669 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.152 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6855, 46.1523, 11.2498)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE3C #4C3CBE

analogous

#BE8D3C #AEBE3C #6DBE3C

triadic

#AEBE3C #3CAEBE #BE3CAE

tetradic

#AEBE3C #3CBE8D #4C3CBE #BE3C6D

square

#AEBE3C #3CBE8D #4C3CBE #BE3C6D

split-complementary

#AEBE3C #3C6DBE #8D3CBE

monochromatic

#59611F #838F2D #AEBE3C #C3CF68 #D5DE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#AEBE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE3C

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE3C	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)

#CBB428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.152 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d179',
    500: '#aebe3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe3c;
$custom-light: #c9d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.385,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76512,
    "c": 0.15172,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE3C

secondary

#948CCA

accent

#4CDB5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE3C

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

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