#AEBF40#AEBF40

#AEBF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.150 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBF40
RGB	rgb(174, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -22.60, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 63.62, 110.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0672 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.15 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0126, 46.6309, 11.9003)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBF40 #5140BF

analogous

#BF9040 #AEBF40 #6FBF40

triadic

#AEBF40 #40AEBF #BF40AE

tetradic

#AEBF40 #40BF90 #5140BF #BF406F

square

#AEBF40 #40BF90 #5140BF #BF406F

split-complementary

#AEBF40 #406FBF #9040BF

monochromatic

#5A6321 #849131 #AEBF40 #C1CE6E #D5DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#AEBF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#AEBF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBF40

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBF40	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.150 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d27c',
    500: '#aebf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebf40;
$custom-light: #c9d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.031,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76769,
    "c": 0.15008,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBF40

secondary

#9991CA

accent

#4ED961

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBF40

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

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