#AEBD50#AEBD50

#AEBD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.135 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD50
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -20.48, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 56.08, 111.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0597 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.135 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1018, 45.9735, 14.5071)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD50 #5F50BD

analogous

#BD9550 #AEBD50 #77BD50

triadic

#AEBD50 #50AEBD #BD50AE

tetradic

#AEBD50 #50BD95 #5F50BD #BD5077

square

#AEBD50 #50BD95 #5F50BD #BD5077

split-complementary

#AEBD50 #5077BD #9550BD

monochromatic

#616A28 #8A9739 #AEBD50 #C3CE7C #D7DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEBD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#AEBD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD50

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD50	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)

#C9B444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.135 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d085',
    500: '#aebd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd50;
$custom-light: #c8d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.257,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76472,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD50

secondary

#A39DCC

accent

#53D565

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD50

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

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