#AEBE46#AEBE46

#AEBE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.144 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE46
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -21.72, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 60.79, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0641 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.144 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9753, 46.2682, 12.7760)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE46 #5646BE

analogous

#BE9246 #AEBE46 #72BE46

triadic

#AEBE46 #46AEBE #BE46AE

tetradic

#AEBE46 #46BE92 #5646BE #BE4672

square

#AEBE46 #46BE92 #5646BE #BE4672

split-complementary

#AEBE46 #4672BE #9246BE

monochromatic

#5D6624 #869334 #AEBE46 #C2CE73 #D6DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#AEBE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE46

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE46	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)

#CAB537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.144 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d17f',
    500: '#aebe46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe46;
$custom-light: #c9d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76596,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE46

secondary

#9C95CA

accent

#50D862

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE46

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

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