#AEBD38#AEBD38

#AEBD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.153 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD38
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -22.08, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 65.72, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0665 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.153 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3679, 45.6799, 10.6419)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD38 #4738BD

analogous

#BD8938 #AEBD38 #6BBD38

triadic

#AEBD38 #38AEBD #BD38AE

tetradic

#AEBD38 #38BD89 #4738BD #BD386B

square

#AEBD38 #38BD89 #4738BD #BD386B

split-complementary

#AEBD38 #386BBD #8938BD

monochromatic

#575F1C #838E2A #AEBD38 #C4D062 #D6DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#AEBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD38

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD38	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.153 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d077',
    500: '#aebd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd38;
$custom-light: #c9d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.767,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76257,
    "c": 0.15323,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD38

secondary

#8F87C9

accent

#4ADE5B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD38

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

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