#AEBE56#AEBE56

#AEBE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.131 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE56
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -20.48, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 53.89, 112.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.059 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.131 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5493, 46.4979, 15.7992)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE56 #6656BE

analogous

#BE9A56 #AEBE56 #7ABE56

triadic

#AEBE56 #56AEBE #BE56AE

tetradic

#AEBE56 #56BE9A #6656BE #BE567A

square

#AEBE56 #56BE9A #6656BE #BE567A

split-complementary

#AEBE56 #567ABE #9A56BE

monochromatic

#646F2B #8C9B3C #AEBE56 #C3CF82 #D8E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#AEBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE56

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE56	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)

#CAB54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.131 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d189',
    500: '#aebe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe56;
$custom-light: #c8d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76763,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE56

secondary

#A9A2CE

accent

#54D467

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE56

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

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