#AEBE52#AEBE52

#AEBE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.134 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE52
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(69, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -20.82, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 55.68, 111.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0604 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.134 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3926, 46.4352, 14.9741)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE52 #6252BE

analogous

#BE9852 #AEBE52 #78BE52

triadic

#AEBE52 #52AEBE #BE52AE

tetradic

#AEBE52 #52BE98 #6252BE #BE5278

square

#AEBE52 #52BE98 #6252BE #BE5278

split-complementary

#AEBE52 #5278BE #9852BE

monochromatic

#636D29 #8B993A #AEBE52 #C3CF7E #D8DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEBE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#AEBE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE52

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE52	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.134 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d186',
    500: '#aebe52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe52;
$custom-light: #c8d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76717,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE52

secondary

#A69FCD

accent

#53D566

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE52

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

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