#AEBE59#AEBE59

#AEBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.128 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE59
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -20.21, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 52.53, 112.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.058 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.128 117)
XYZ	xyz(37.6727, 46.5472, 16.4492)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE59 #6959BE

analogous

#BE9C59 #AEBE59 #7CBE59

triadic

#AEBE59 #59AEBE #BE59AE

tetradic

#AEBE59 #59BE9C #6959BE #BE597C

square

#AEBE59 #59BE9C #6959BE #BE597C

split-complementary

#AEBE59 #597CBE #9C59BE

monochromatic

#66712C #8D9D3D #AEBE59 #C3CF85 #D9E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#AEBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE59

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE59	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.128 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d18b',
    500: '#aebe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe59;
$custom-light: #c8d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.505,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76799,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.46547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE59

secondary

#ABA4CF

accent

#54D368

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE59

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

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