#AEBD51#AEBD51

#AEBD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.134 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD51
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -20.40, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 55.64, 111.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0593 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.134 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1390, 45.9884, 14.7032)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD51 #6051BD

analogous

#BD9651 #AEBD51 #78BD51

triadic

#AEBD51 #51AEBD #BD51AE

tetradic

#AEBD51 #51BD96 #6051BD #BD5178

square

#AEBD51 #51BD96 #6051BD #BD5178

split-complementary

#AEBD51 #5178BD #9651BD

monochromatic

#626B29 #8A9739 #AEBD51 #C3CE7D #D7DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#AEBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD51

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD51	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.134 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d086',
    500: '#aebd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd51;
$custom-light: #c8d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76483,
    "c": 0.134,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD51

secondary

#A49ECC

accent

#53D565

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD51

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

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