#AEBD40#AEBD40

#AEBD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.148 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD40
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -21.62, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 62.73, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0645 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.148 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5794, 45.7646, 11.7560)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD40 #4F40BD

analogous

#BD8E40 #AEBD40 #70BD40

triadic

#AEBD40 #40AEBD #BD40AE

tetradic

#AEBD40 #40BD8E #4F40BD #BD4070

square

#AEBD40 #40BD8E #4F40BD #BD4070

split-complementary

#AEBD40 #4070BD #8E40BD

monochromatic

#5A6221 #848F31 #AEBD40 #C2CD6D #D5DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEBD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#AEBD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD40

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD40	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.148 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d07b',
    500: '#aebd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd40;
$custom-light: #c9d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76319,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD40

secondary

#9790C9

accent

#4FD95F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD40

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

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