#AEBE4B#AEBE4B

#AEBE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.140 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE4B
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 75)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 60.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -21.36, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 58.71, 111.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0626 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.14 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1397, 46.3340, 13.6421)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE4B #5B4BBE

analogous

#BE954B #AEBE4B #75BE4B

triadic

#AEBE4B #4BAEBE #BE4BAE

tetradic

#AEBE4B #4BBE95 #5B4BBE #BE4B75

square

#AEBE4B #4BBE95 #5B4BBE #BE4B75

split-complementary

#AEBE4B #4B75BE #954BBE

monochromatic

#5F6926 #889636 #AEBE4B #C2CE78 #D6DEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#AEBE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE4B

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE4B	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.140 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d182',
    500: '#aebe4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe4b;
$custom-light: #c9d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.348,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76644,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE4B

secondary

#A099CC

accent

#51D764

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE4B

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

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