#AEBE72#AEBE72

#AEBE72 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.102 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE72
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 114)
HSL	hsl(73, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(73, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 40%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -17.61, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 40.55, 115.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0485 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.102 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9064, 47.0407, 22.9465)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE72 #8272BE

analogous

#BEA872 #AEBE72 #88BE72

triadic

#AEBE72 #72AEBE #BE72AE

tetradic

#AEBE72 #72BEA8 #8272BE #BE7288

square

#AEBE72 #72BEA8 #8272BE #BE7288

split-complementary

#AEBE72 #7288BE #A872BE

monochromatic

#6E7C39 #93A64D #AEBE72 #C6D19C #DEE5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEBE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#AEBE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE72

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE72	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.102 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d19b',
    500: '#aebe72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe72;
$custom-light: #c7d19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.632,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77155,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE72

secondary

#BDB7D5

accent

#5BCD73

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F9F2

border

#D1D2CC

text

#13140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE72

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

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