#AEBD59#AEBD59

#AEBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.127 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD59
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -19.72, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 52.03, 112.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0566 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.127 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4569, 46.1155, 16.3772)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD59 #6859BD

analogous

#BD9A59 #AEBD59 #7CBD59

triadic

#AEBD59 #59AEBD #BD59AE

tetradic

#AEBD59 #59BD9A #6859BD #BD597C

square

#AEBD59 #59BD9A #6859BD #BD597C

split-complementary

#AEBD59 #597CBD #9A59BD

monochromatic

#656F2C #8D9B3E #AEBD59 #C3CE85 #D9E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#AEBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD59

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD59	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#C8B44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.127 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d08b',
    500: '#aebd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd59;
$custom-light: #c8d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76575,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD59

secondary

#AAA4CE

accent

#55D368

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD59

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

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