#AEBE50#AEBE50

#AEBE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.136 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE50
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(69, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -20.98, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 56.56, 111.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.061 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.136 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3176, 46.4052, 14.5791)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE50 #6050BE

analogous

#BE9750 #AEBE50 #77BE50

triadic

#AEBE50 #50AEBE #BE50AE

tetradic

#AEBE50 #50BE97 #6050BE #BE5077

square

#AEBE50 #50BE97 #6050BE #BE5077

split-complementary

#AEBE50 #5077BE #9750BE

monochromatic

#626C28 #8A9839 #AEBE50 #C3CF7D #D7DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEBE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#AEBE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE50

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE50	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)

#CAB544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.136 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d185',
    500: '#aebe50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe50;
$custom-light: #c8d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.727,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76696,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE50

secondary

#A49DCD

accent

#52D565

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE50

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

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