#AEAD25#AEAD25

#AEAD25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.147 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD25
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 37)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -14.89, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 65.67, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0482 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.147 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7343, 39.0204, 7.5573)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD25 #2526AE

analogous

#AE6925 #AEAD25 #6BAE25

triadic

#AEAD25 #25AEAD #AD25AE

tetradic

#AEAD25 #25AE69 #2526AE #AE256B

square

#AEAD25 #25AE69 #2526AE #AE256B

split-complementary

#AEAD25 #256BAE #6925AE

monochromatic

#494910 #7C7B1A #AEAD25 #D5D43B #E0DF6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAD25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AEAD25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD25

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD25	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)

#BDAA31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.147 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56c',
    500: '#aead25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead25;
$custom-light: #cac56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72564,
    "c": 0.14713,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD25

secondary

#6869C6

accent

#41E840

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD25

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

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