#AEBD45#AEBD45

#AEBD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.144 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD45
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -21.29, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 60.74, 110.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0631 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.144 116)
XYZ	xyz(36.7281, 45.8240, 12.5392)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD45 #5445BD

analogous

#BD9045 #AEBD45 #72BD45

triadic

#AEBD45 #45AEBD #BD45AE

tetradic

#AEBD45 #45BD90 #5445BD #BD4572

square

#AEBD45 #45BD90 #5445BD #BD4572

split-complementary

#AEBD45 #4572BD #9045BD

monochromatic

#5C6424 #869134 #AEBD45 #C2CD72 #D5DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEBD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#AEBD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD45

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD45	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)

#CAB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.144 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d07e',
    500: '#aebd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd45;
$custom-light: #c9d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76363,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.45824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD45

secondary

#9B94CA

accent

#51D761

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD45

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

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