#AEBD42#AEBD42

#AEBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.146 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD42
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -21.49, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 61.95, 110.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0639 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.146 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6374, 45.7877, 12.0611)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD42 #5142BD

analogous

#BD8E42 #AEBD42 #71BD42

triadic

#AEBD42 #42AEBD #BD42AE

tetradic

#AEBD42 #42BD8E #5142BD #BD4271

square

#AEBD42 #42BD8E #5142BD #BD4271

split-complementary

#AEBD42 #4271BD #8E42BD

monochromatic

#5A6222 #849032 #AEBD42 #C1CD6F #D5DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#AEBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD42

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD42	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.146 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d07d',
    500: '#aebd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd42;
$custom-light: #c9d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.317,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76336,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD42

secondary

#9992C9

accent

#50D861

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD42

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

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