#AEBE44#AEBE44

#AEBE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.146 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE44
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -21.85, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 61.60, 110.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0647 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.146 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9132, 46.2434, 12.4490)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE44 #5444BE

analogous

#BE9144 #AEBE44 #71BE44

triadic

#AEBE44 #44AEBE #BE44AE

tetradic

#AEBE44 #44BE91 #5444BE #BE4471

square

#AEBE44 #44BE91 #5444BE #BE4471

split-complementary

#AEBE44 #4471BE #9144BE

monochromatic

#5C6523 #869233 #AEBE44 #C2CE71 #D5DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#AEBE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE44

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE44	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.146 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d17e',
    500: '#aebe44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe44;
$custom-light: #c9d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.869,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76578,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE44

secondary

#9B94CA

accent

#50D862

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE44

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

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