#AEAD2E#AEAD2E

#AEAD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.142 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD2E
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -14.53, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 62.81, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0464 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.142 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.8935, 39.0841, 8.3955)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD2E #2E2FAE

analogous

#AE6D2E #AEAD2E #6FAE2E

triadic

#AEAD2E #2EAEAD #AD2EAE

tetradic

#AEAD2E #2EAE6D #2E2FAE #AE2E6F

square

#AEAD2E #2EAE6D #2E2FAE #AE2E6F

split-complementary

#AEAD2E #2E6FAE #6D2EAE

monochromatic

#4D4D14 #7E7D21 #AEAD2E #CFCE4A #DCDB7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AEAD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD2E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD2E	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)

#BBA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.142 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac570',
    500: '#aead2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead2e;
$custom-light: #cac570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72615,
    "c": 0.14237,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD2E

secondary

#7474C4

accent

#48E146

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD2E

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

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