#AEBE40#AEBE40

#AEBE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.149 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE40
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -22.11, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 63.18, 110.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0658 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.149 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7953, 46.1962, 11.8279)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE40 #5040BE

analogous

#BE8F40 #AEBE40 #6FBE40

triadic

#AEBE40 #40AEBE #BE40AE

tetradic

#AEBE40 #40BE8F #5040BE #BE406F

square

#AEBE40 #40BE8F #5040BE #BE406F

split-complementary

#AEBE40 #406FBE #8F40BE

monochromatic

#5A6221 #849031 #AEBE40 #C2CE6D #D5DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#AEBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE40

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE40	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.149 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d17c',
    500: '#aebe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe40;
$custom-light: #c9d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.619,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76544,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE40

secondary

#9890C9

accent

#4FD960

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE40

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

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