#AEAD2A#AEAD2A

#AEAD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.145 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD2A
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -14.70, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 64.13, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0472 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.145 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8183, 39.0540, 7.9995)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD2A #2A2BAE

analogous

#AE6B2A #AEAD2A #6DAE2A

triadic

#AEAD2A #2AAEAD #AD2AAE

tetradic

#AEAD2A #2AAE6B #2A2BAE #AE2A6D

square

#AEAD2A #2AAE6B #2A2BAE #AE2A6D

split-complementary

#AEAD2A #2A6DAE #6B2AAE

monochromatic

#4B4B12 #7D7C1E #AEAD2A #D2D143 #DEDD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#AEAD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD2A

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD2A	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.145 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56e',
    500: '#aead2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead2a;
$custom-light: #cac56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72591,
    "c": 0.1446,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD2A

secondary

#6F6FC5

accent

#45E444

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD2A

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

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