#AEBE57#AEBE57

#AEBE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.130 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE57
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -20.39, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 53.44, 112.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0587 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.13 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5899, 46.5141, 16.0129)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE57 #6757BE

analogous

#BE9A57 #AEBE57 #7BBE57

triadic

#AEBE57 #57AEBE #BE57AE

tetradic

#AEBE57 #57BE9A #6757BE #BE577B

square

#AEBE57 #57BE9A #6757BE #BE577B

split-complementary

#AEBE57 #577BBE #9A57BE

monochromatic

#656F2B #8D9C3C #AEBE57 #C3CF83 #D9E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#AEBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE57

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE57	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)

#C9B54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.130 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d189',
    500: '#aebe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe57;
$custom-light: #c8d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.32,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76775,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE57

secondary

#A9A3CE

accent

#54D468

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE57

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

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