#AEBE4A#AEBE4A

#AEBE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.141 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE4A
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 61.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -21.44, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 59.13, 111.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.063 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.141 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1058, 46.3204, 13.4633)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE4A #5A4ABE

analogous

#BE944A #AEBE4A #74BE4A

triadic

#AEBE4A #4AAEBE #BE4AAE

tetradic

#AEBE4A #4ABE94 #5A4ABE #BE4A74

square

#AEBE4A #4ABE94 #5A4ABE #BE4A74

split-complementary

#AEBE4A #4A74BE #944ABE

monochromatic

#5F6825 #889536 #AEBE4A #C2CE77 #D6DEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#AEBE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE4A

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE4A	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)

#CAB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.141 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d181',
    500: '#aebe4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe4a;
$custom-light: #c9d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76634,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE4A

secondary

#9F98CB

accent

#51D763

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE4A

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

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