#AEBD48#AEBD48

#AEBD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.142 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD48
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -21.08, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 59.51, 110.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0622 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.142 116)
XYZ	xyz(36.8236, 45.8622, 13.0421)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD48 #5748BD

analogous

#BD9148 #AEBD48 #73BD48

triadic

#AEBD48 #48AEBD #BD48AE

tetradic

#AEBD48 #48BD91 #5748BD #BD4873

square

#AEBD48 #48BD91 #5748BD #BD4873

split-complementary

#AEBD48 #4873BD #9148BD

monochromatic

#5E6625 #879335 #AEBD48 #C2CD75 #D6DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEBD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#AEBD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD48

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD48	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.142 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d080',
    500: '#aebd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd48;
$custom-light: #c9d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76391,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.45862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD48

secondary

#9D97CA

accent

#51D762

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD48

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

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