#AEBE55#AEBE55

#AEBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.132 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE55
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -20.57, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 54.34, 112.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0594 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.132 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5093, 46.4819, 15.5885)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE55 #6555BE

analogous

#BE9A55 #AEBE55 #7ABE55

triadic

#AEBE55 #55AEBE #BE55AE

tetradic

#AEBE55 #55BE9A #6555BE #BE557A

square

#AEBE55 #55BE9A #6555BE #BE557A

split-complementary

#AEBE55 #557ABE #9A55BE

monochromatic

#646E2A #8C9B3B #AEBE55 #C3CF81 #D8E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#AEBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE55

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE55	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.132 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d188',
    500: '#aebe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe55;
$custom-light: #c8d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76751,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE55

secondary

#A8A1CE

accent

#53D467

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE55

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

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