#aebc53

Color #aebc53

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 15.71 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aebc53

RGB

rgb(174, 188, 83)

HSL

hsl(68, 43.9%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68, 55.9%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 55.9%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(73.28, -19.74, 50.56)

LCH

lch(73.28, 54.28, 111.33)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.131, 115.94)

HWB

hwb(68, 32.5%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6153bc

Analogous

#bc9553

#aebc53

#79bc53

Triadic

#aebc53

#53aebc

#bc53ae

Split-complementary

#aebc53

#5379bc

#9553bc

Tetradic

#aebc53

#53bc61

#6153bc

#bc53ae

Square

#aebc53

#53bc95

#6153bc

#bc5379

Shades

Color #aebc53 mixed toward black.

#95a23f

#778233

#596126

#3c4119

#1e200d

Tints

Color #aebc53 mixed toward white.

#bbc770

#c9d28c

#d6dda9

#e4e9c6

#f1f4e2

Tones

Color #aebc53 mixed toward gray.

#a7b35c

#a1aa64

#9ba26d

#949976

#8e907f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b478 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#b3b27f · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#af8d91 · ΔE 37.3

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aebc53;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aebc53]

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Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#aebc53 (#aebc53) is rgb(174, 188, 83) in RGB.

No, #aebc53 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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