#AEBD2E#AEBD2E

#AEBD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.159 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD2E
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -22.57, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 69.08, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0688 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.159 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1473, 45.5917, 9.4801)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD2E #3D2EBD

analogous

#BD842E #AEBD2E #66BD2E

triadic

#AEBD2E #2EAEBD #BD2EAE

tetradic

#AEBD2E #2EBD84 #3D2EBD #BD2E66

square

#AEBD2E #2EBD84 #3D2EBD #BD2E66

split-complementary

#AEBD2E #2E66BD #842EBD

monochromatic

#535B16 #818C22 #AEBD2E #C8D553 #D7E184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#AEBD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#AEBD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD2E

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD2E	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)

#CBB309

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.159 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad072',
    500: '#aebd2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd2e;
$custom-light: #cad072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.294,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76193,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD2E

secondary

#857CCA

accent

#44E455

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD2E

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

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