#AEBE3E#AEBE3E

#AEBE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.150 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE3E
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -22.23, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 63.94, 110.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0664 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.15 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7394, 46.1739, 11.5335)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE3E #4E3EBE

analogous

#BE8E3E #AEBE3E #6EBE3E

triadic

#AEBE3E #3EAEBE #BE3EAE

tetradic

#AEBE3E #3EBE8E #4E3EBE #BE3E6E

square

#AEBE3E #3EBE8E #4E3EBE #BE3E6E

split-complementary

#AEBE3E #3E6EBE #8E3EBE

monochromatic

#596220 #84902F #AEBE3E #C2CF6B #D5DE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#AEBE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE3E

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE3E	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)

#CBB42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.150 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d17a',
    500: '#aebe3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe3e;
$custom-light: #c9d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76528,
    "c": 0.15034,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE3E

secondary

#968EC9

accent

#4EDA5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE3E

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

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