#AEBD57#AEBD57

#AEBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.128 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD57
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -19.89, 49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 52.95, 112.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0573 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.128 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3740, 46.0824, 15.9409)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD57 #6657BD

analogous

#BD9957 #AEBD57 #7BBD57

triadic

#AEBD57 #57AEBD #BD57AE

tetradic

#AEBD57 #57BD99 #6657BD #BD577B

square

#AEBD57 #57BD99 #6657BD #BD577B

split-complementary

#AEBD57 #577BBD #9957BD

monochromatic

#646E2B #8C9A3D #AEBD57 #C3CE83 #D8E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#AEBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD57

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD57	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.128 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d089',
    500: '#aebd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd57;
$custom-light: #c8d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76551,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD57

secondary

#A9A2CE

accent

#54D367

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD57

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

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