#AEAD2C#AEAD2C

#AEAD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.144 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD2C
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -14.62, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 63.48, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0468 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.144 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.8550, 39.0687, 8.1927)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD2C #2C2DAE

analogous

#AE6C2C #AEAD2C #6EAE2C

triadic

#AEAD2C #2CAEAD #AD2CAE

tetradic

#AEAD2C #2CAE6C #2C2DAE #AE2C6E

square

#AEAD2C #2CAE6C #2C2DAE #AE2C6E

split-complementary

#AEAD2C #2C6EAE #6C2CAE

monochromatic

#4C4C13 #7D7C20 #AEAD2C #D0CF47 #DDDC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#AEAD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD2C

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD2C	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)

#BBA60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.144 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56f',
    500: '#aead2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead2c;
$custom-light: #cac56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72603,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD2C

secondary

#7172C5

accent

#46E345

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD2C

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

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