#AEAD2D#AEAD2D

#AEAD2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.143 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD2D
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -14.57, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 63.15, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0466 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.143 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.8740, 39.0763, 8.2929)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD2D #2D2EAE

analogous

#AE6C2D #AEAD2D #6EAE2D

triadic

#AEAD2D #2DAEAD #AD2DAE

tetradic

#AEAD2D #2DAE6C #2D2EAE #AE2D6E

square

#AEAD2D #2DAE6C #2D2EAE #AE2D6E

split-complementary

#AEAD2D #2D6EAE #6C2DAE

monochromatic

#4D4C14 #7D7D20 #AEAD2D #D0CF48 #DCDC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AEAD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD2D

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD2D	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.143 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac570',
    500: '#aead2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead2d;
$custom-light: #cac570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72609,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD2D

secondary

#7273C4

accent

#47E246

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD2D

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

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