#AEBD2B#AEBD2B

#AEBD2B 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	#AEBD2B
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 43)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -22.70, 66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 69.99, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0693 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.161 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0902, 45.5689, 9.1795)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD2B #3A2BBD

analogous

#BD832B #AEBD2B #65BD2B

triadic

#AEBD2B #2BAEBD #BD2BAE

tetradic

#AEBD2B #2BBD83 #3A2BBD #BD2B65

square

#AEBD2B #2BBD83 #3A2BBD #BD2B65

split-complementary

#AEBD2B #2B65BD #832BBD

monochromatic

#525914 #808B20 #AEBD2B #C9D74E #D8E280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#AEBD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#AEBD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD2B

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD2B	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)

#CAB539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.161 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad071',
    500: '#aebd2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd2b;
$custom-light: #cad071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.164,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76176,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD2B

secondary

#8179CB

accent

#42E653

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD2B

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

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