#AEBD36#AEBD36

#AEBD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.154 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD36
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -22.19, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 66.43, 109.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.067 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.154 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3199, 45.6608, 10.3894)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD36 #4536BD

analogous

#BD8936 #AEBD36 #6ABD36

triadic

#AEBD36 #36AEBD #BD36AE

tetradic

#AEBD36 #36BD89 #4536BD #BD366A

square

#AEBD36 #36BD89 #4536BD #BD366A

split-complementary

#AEBD36 #366ABD #8936BD

monochromatic

#565E1B #828D28 #AEBD36 #C5D15F #D6DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEBD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#AEBD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD36

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD36	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.154 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d076',
    500: '#aebd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd36;
$custom-light: #c9d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76243,
    "c": 0.15449,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD36

secondary

#8D85C9

accent

#49DF5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD36

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

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