#AEBE49#AEBE49

#AEBE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.142 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE49
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -21.51, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 59.55, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0632 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.142 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0724, 46.3071, 13.2872)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE49 #5949BE

analogous

#BE9449 #AEBE49 #74BE49

triadic

#AEBE49 #49AEBE #BE49AE

tetradic

#AEBE49 #49BE94 #5949BE #BE4974

square

#AEBE49 #49BE94 #5949BE #BE4974

split-complementary

#AEBE49 #4974BE #9449BE

monochromatic

#5E6825 #889535 #AEBE49 #C2CE76 #D6DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#AEBE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE49

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE49	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.142 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d181',
    500: '#aebe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe49;
$custom-light: #c9d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.205,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76625,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE49

secondary

#9F98CB

accent

#51D763

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE49

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

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