#AEBE4E#AEBE4E

#AEBE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.138 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE4E
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(69, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -21.14, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 57.43, 111.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0617 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.138 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2448, 46.3761, 14.1957)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE4E #5E4EBE

analogous

#BE964E #AEBE4E #76BE4E

triadic

#AEBE4E #4EAEBE #BE4EAE

tetradic

#AEBE4E #4EBE96 #5E4EBE #BE4E76

square

#AEBE4E #4EBE96 #5E4EBE #BE4E76

split-complementary

#AEBE4E #4E76BE #964EBE

monochromatic

#616A27 #8A9738 #AEBE4E #C2CE7B #D7DFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEBE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#AEBE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE4E

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE4E	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.138 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d184',
    500: '#aebe4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe4e;
$custom-light: #c9d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76675,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE4E

secondary

#A39CCC

accent

#52D665

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE4E

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

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