#AEBD53#AEBD53

#AEBD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.132 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD53
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -20.24, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 54.75, 111.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0587 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.132 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2151, 46.0188, 15.1040)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD53 #6253BD

analogous

#BD9753 #AEBD53 #79BD53

triadic

#AEBD53 #53AEBD #BD53AE

tetradic

#AEBD53 #53BD97 #6253BD #BD5379

square

#AEBD53 #53BD97 #6253BD #BD5379

split-complementary

#AEBD53 #5379BD #9753BD

monochromatic

#636C29 #8B983A #AEBD53 #C3CE7F #D8DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEBD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#AEBD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD53

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD53	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)

#C9B448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.132 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d087',
    500: '#aebd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd53;
$custom-light: #c8d087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.491,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76505,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD53

secondary

#A69FCD

accent

#54D466

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD53

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

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