#AEBE45#AEBE45

#AEBE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.145 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE45
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -21.79, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 61.19, 110.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0644 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.145 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9440, 46.2557, 12.6111)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE45 #5545BE

analogous

#BE9145 #AEBE45 #71BE45

triadic

#AEBE45 #45AEBE #BE45AE

tetradic

#AEBE45 #45BE91 #5545BE #BE4571

square

#AEBE45 #45BE91 #5545BE #BE4571

split-complementary

#AEBE45 #4571BE #9145BE

monochromatic

#5D6523 #869333 #AEBE45 #C2CE72 #D5DEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#AEBE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE45

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE45	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)

#CBB535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.145 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d17e',
    500: '#aebe45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe45;
$custom-light: #c9d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.934,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76587,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE45

secondary

#9C95CA

accent

#50D862

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE45

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

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