#AEBD2C#AEBD2C

#AEBD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.160 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD2C
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 44)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -22.66, 65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 69.69, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0692 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.16 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1088, 45.5763, 9.2773)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD2C #3B2CBD

analogous

#BD832C #AEBD2C #65BD2C

triadic

#AEBD2C #2CAEBD #BD2CAE

tetradic

#AEBD2C #2CBD83 #3B2CBD #BD2C65

square

#AEBD2C #2CBD83 #3B2CBD #BD2C65

split-complementary

#AEBD2C #2C65BD #832CBD

monochromatic

#535A15 #808B20 #AEBD2C #C8D650 #D8E282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#AEBD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#AEBD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD2C

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD2C	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.160 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad071',
    500: '#aebd2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd2c;
$custom-light: #cad071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.207,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76182,
    "c": 0.16013,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD2C

secondary

#827ACB

accent

#42E553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD2C

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

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