#AEBD2A#AEBD2A

#AEBD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.161 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD2A
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -22.74, 66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 70.28, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0695 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.161 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0721, 45.5616, 9.0841)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD2A #392ABD

analogous

#BD822A #AEBD2A #65BD2A

triadic

#AEBD2A #2AAEBD #BD2AAE

tetradic

#AEBD2A #2ABD82 #392ABD #BD2A65

square

#AEBD2A #2ABD82 #392ABD #BD2A65

split-complementary

#AEBD2A #2A65BD #822ABD

monochromatic

#525914 #808B1F #AEBD2A #C9D74D #D8E37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#AEBD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#AEBD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD2A

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD2A	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.161 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad070',
    500: '#aebd2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd2a;
$custom-light: #cad070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.122,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76171,
    "c": 0.16113,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD2A

secondary

#8078CB

accent

#41E752

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD2A

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

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