#AEBD2D#AEBD2D

#AEBD2D 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	#AEBD2D
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 45)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -22.61, 65.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 69.39, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.069 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.16 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1278, 45.5839, 9.3775)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD2D #3C2DBD

analogous

#BD842D #AEBD2D #66BD2D

triadic

#AEBD2D #2DAEBD #BD2DAE

tetradic

#AEBD2D #2DBD84 #3C2DBD #BD2D66

square

#AEBD2D #2DBD84 #3C2DBD #BD2D66

split-complementary

#AEBD2D #2D66BD #842DBD

monochromatic

#535A15 #808C21 #AEBD2D #C8D652 #D8E183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#AEBD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#AEBD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD2D

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD2D	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)

#CBB305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.160 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad072',
    500: '#aebd2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd2d;
$custom-light: #cad072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76187,
    "c": 0.15962,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD2D

secondary

#837BCB

accent

#43E554

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD2D

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

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