#AEBD55#AEBD55

#AEBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.130 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD55
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -20.07, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 53.86, 111.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.058 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.13 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2935, 46.0502, 15.5165)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD55 #6455BD

analogous

#BD9855 #AEBD55 #7ABD55

triadic

#AEBD55 #55AEBD #BD55AE

tetradic

#AEBD55 #55BD98 #6455BD #BD557A

square

#AEBD55 #55BD98 #6455BD #BD557A

split-complementary

#AEBD55 #557ABD #9855BD

monochromatic

#646D2A #8C993C #AEBD55 #C3CE81 #D8DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#AEBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD55

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD55	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.130 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d088',
    500: '#aebd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd55;
$custom-light: #c8d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.654,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76528,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD55

secondary

#A7A1CD

accent

#54D466

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD55

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

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