#AEBD37#AEBD37

#AEBD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.154 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD37
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -22.14, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 66.08, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0668 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.154 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3437, 45.6703, 10.5144)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD37 #4637BD

analogous

#BD8937 #AEBD37 #6BBD37

triadic

#AEBD37 #37AEBD #BD37AE

tetradic

#AEBD37 #37BD89 #4637BD #BD376B

square

#AEBD37 #37BD89 #4637BD #BD376B

split-complementary

#AEBD37 #376BBD #8937BD

monochromatic

#575E1B #828E29 #AEBD37 #C4D160 #D6DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEBD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#AEBD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD37

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD37	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)

#CAB31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.154 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d077',
    500: '#aebd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd37;
$custom-light: #c9d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.716,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7625,
    "c": 0.15386,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD37

secondary

#8E86C9

accent

#4ADE5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD37

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

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