#AEAD24#AEAD24

#AEAD24 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	#AEAD24
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -14.93, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 65.96, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0484 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.148 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7188, 39.0142, 7.4757)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD24 #2425AE

analogous

#AE6824 #AEAD24 #6AAE24

triadic

#AEAD24 #24AEAD #AD24AE

tetradic

#AEAD24 #24AE68 #2425AE #AE246A

square

#AEAD24 #24AE68 #2425AE #AE246A

split-complementary

#AEAD24 #246AAE #6824AE

monochromatic

#49480F #7B7B1A #AEAD24 #D6D539 #E1E06C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAD24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AEAD24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD24

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD24	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)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.148 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56c',
    500: '#aead24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead24;
$custom-light: #cac56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72559,
    "c": 0.1476,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD24

secondary

#6768C7

accent

#40E93F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD24

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

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