#AEBD3B#AEBD3B

#AEBD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.151 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD3B
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 59)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -21.92, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 64.63, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0658 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.151 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4435, 45.7102, 11.0400)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD3B #4A3BBD

analogous

#BD8B3B #AEBD3B #6DBD3B

triadic

#AEBD3B #3BAEBD #BD3BAE

tetradic

#AEBD3B #3BBD8B #4A3BBD #BD3B6D

square

#AEBD3B #3BBD8B #4A3BBD #BD3B6D

split-complementary

#AEBD3B #3B6DBD #8B3BBD

monochromatic

#58601E #838E2C #AEBD3B #C3CF66 #D5DE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEBD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#AEBD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD3B

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD3B	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)

#CAB327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.151 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d079',
    500: '#aebd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd3b;
$custom-light: #c9d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7628,
    "c": 0.15126,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD3B

secondary

#928BC9

accent

#4CDC5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD3B

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

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