#AEBD49#AEBD49

#AEBD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.141 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD49
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -21.01, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 59.09, 110.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0619 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.141 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8565, 45.8754, 13.2153)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD49 #5849BD

analogous

#BD9249 #AEBD49 #74BD49

triadic

#AEBD49 #49AEBD #BD49AE

tetradic

#AEBD49 #49BD92 #5849BD #BD4974

square

#AEBD49 #49BD92 #5849BD #BD4974

split-complementary

#AEBD49 #4974BD #9249BD

monochromatic

#5E6625 #879335 #AEBD49 #C2CD76 #D6DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEBD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#AEBD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD49

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD49	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.141 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d081',
    500: '#aebd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd49;
$custom-light: #c9d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.759,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.764,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD49

secondary

#9E97CA

accent

#51D663

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD49

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

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