#AEBD56#AEBD56

#AEBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.129 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD56
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -19.98, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 53.41, 111.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0576 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.129 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3335, 46.0662, 15.7272)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD56 #6556BD

analogous

#BD9956 #AEBD56 #7BBD56

triadic

#AEBD56 #56AEBD #BD56AE

tetradic

#AEBD56 #56BD99 #6556BD #BD567B

square

#AEBD56 #56BD99 #6556BD #BD567B

split-complementary

#AEBD56 #567BBD #9956BD

monochromatic

#646E2B #8C9A3C #AEBD56 #C3CE82 #D8DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#AEBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD56

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD56	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)

#C9B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.129 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d089',
    500: '#aebd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd56;
$custom-light: #c8d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.738,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76539,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD56

secondary

#A8A1CD

accent

#54D467

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD56

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

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