#AEBE5C#AEBE5C

#AEBE5C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.125 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE5C
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 92)
HSL	hsl(70, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 51.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -19.94, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 51.14, 112.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0569 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.125 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8013, 46.5986, 17.1262)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE5C #6C5CBE

analogous

#BE9D5C #AEBE5C #7DBE5C

triadic

#AEBE5C #5CAEBE #BE5CAE

tetradic

#AEBE5C #5CBE9D #6C5CBE #BE5C7D

square

#AEBE5C #5CBE9D #6C5CBE #BE5C7D

split-complementary

#AEBE5C #5C7DBE #9D5CBE

monochromatic

#67722E #8E9E3F #AEBE5C #C4CF88 #D9E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#AEBE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#AEBE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE5C

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE5C	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	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)

#C9B553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.125 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d18d',
    500: '#aebe5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe5c;
$custom-light: #c8d18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.796,
    "s": 42.982,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76836,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE5C

secondary

#ADA6CF

accent

#55D36A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE5C

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

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