#AEAD23#AEAD23

#AEAD23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.148 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD23
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -14.97, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 66.24, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0486 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.148 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7038, 39.0082, 7.3964)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD23 #2324AE

analogous

#AE6723 #AEAD23 #69AE23

triadic

#AEAD23 #23AEAD #AD23AE

tetradic

#AEAD23 #23AE67 #2324AE #AE2369

square

#AEAD23 #23AE67 #2324AE #AE2369

split-complementary

#AEAD23 #2369AE #6723AE

monochromatic

#48480F #7B7A19 #AEAD23 #D7D637 #E1E06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AEAD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD23

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD23	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.148 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56b',
    500: '#aead23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead23;
$custom-light: #cac56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.14806,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD23

secondary

#6666C7

accent

#40E93E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD23

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

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