#AEBD5B#AEBD5B

#AEBD5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.125 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD5B
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 91)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -19.53, 47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 51.11, 112.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0559 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.125 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5420, 46.1496, 16.8255)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD5B #6A5BBD

analogous

#BD9B5B #AEBD5B #7DBD5B

triadic

#AEBD5B #5BAEBD #BD5BAE

tetradic

#AEBD5B #5BBD9B #6A5BBD #BD5B7D

square

#AEBD5B #5BBD9B #6A5BBD #BD5B7D

split-complementary

#AEBD5B #5B7DBD #9B5BBD

monochromatic

#66702D #8E9C3F #AEBD5B #C4CF87 #D9E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#AEBD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD5B

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD5B	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.125 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d08c',
    500: '#aebd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd5b;
$custom-light: #c8d08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.184,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.766,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD5B

secondary

#ACA5CF

accent

#55D269

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD5B

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

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