#AEBD61#AEBD61

#AEBD61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.119 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD61
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 97)
HSL	hsl(70, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -18.96, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 48.29, 113.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0537 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.119 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8112, 46.2573, 18.2436)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD61 #7061BD

analogous

#BD9E61 #AEBD61 #80BD61

triadic

#AEBD61 #61AEBD #BD61AE

tetradic

#AEBD61 #61BD9E #7061BD #BD6180

square

#AEBD61 #61BD9E #7061BD #BD6180

split-complementary

#AEBD61 #6180BD #9E61BD

monochromatic

#687330 #909F42 #AEBD61 #C4CF8C #DAE1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEBD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#AEBD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD61

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD61	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.119 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d090',
    500: '#aebd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd61;
$custom-light: #c8d090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.783,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76678,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD61

secondary

#B0AAD0

accent

#57D16B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140D

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD61

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

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