#AEBE5B#AEBE5B

#AEBE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.126 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE5B
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(70, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -20.03, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 51.61, 112.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0573 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.126 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7578, 46.5813, 16.8975)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE5B #6B5BBE

analogous

#BE9C5B #AEBE5B #7CBE5B

triadic

#AEBE5B #5BAEBE #BE5BAE

tetradic

#AEBE5B #5BBE9C #6B5BBE #BE5B7C

square

#AEBE5B #5BBE9C #6B5BBE #BE5B7C

split-complementary

#AEBE5B #5B7CBE #9C5BBE

monochromatic

#67722D #8E9D3E #AEBE5B #C4CF87 #D9E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEBE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#AEBE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE5B

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE5B	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.126 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d18c',
    500: '#aebe5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe5b;
$custom-light: #c8d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.697,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76823,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE5B

secondary

#ACA6CF

accent

#55D369

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE5B

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

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