#AEBE42#AEBE42

#AEBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.147 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE42
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -21.99, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 62.39, 110.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0653 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.147 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8532, 46.2194, 12.1330)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE42 #5242BE

analogous

#BE9042 #AEBE42 #70BE42

triadic

#AEBE42 #42AEBE #BE42AE

tetradic

#AEBE42 #42BE90 #5242BE #BE4270

square

#AEBE42 #42BE90 #5242BE #BE4270

split-complementary

#AEBE42 #4270BE #9042BE

monochromatic

#5B6322 #859132 #AEBE42 #C2CE70 #D5DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#AEBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE42

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE42	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)

#CBB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.147 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d17d',
    500: '#aebe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe42;
$custom-light: #c9d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76561,
    "c": 0.14745,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE42

secondary

#9992CA

accent

#4FD861

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE42

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

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