#AEBD4E#AEBD4E

#AEBD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.137 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD4E
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(68, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -20.64, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 56.96, 111.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0603 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.137 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0290, 45.9444, 14.1237)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD4E #5D4EBD

analogous

#BD944E #AEBD4E #77BD4E

triadic

#AEBD4E #4EAEBD #BD4EAE

tetradic

#AEBD4E #4EBD94 #5D4EBD #BD4E77

square

#AEBD4E #4EBD94 #5D4EBD #BD4E77

split-complementary

#AEBD4E #4E77BD #944EBD

monochromatic

#606927 #899638 #AEBD4E #C2CE7B #D7DEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEBD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#AEBD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD4E

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD4E	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.137 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d084',
    500: '#aebd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd4e;
$custom-light: #c8d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76451,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD4E

secondary

#A29BCC

accent

#52D564

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD4E

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

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