#AEAD2F#AEAD2F

#AEAD2F 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	#AEAD2F
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -14.48, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 62.46, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0462 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.142 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.9134, 39.0921, 8.5005)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD2F #2F30AE

analogous

#AE6E2F #AEAD2F #6FAE2F

triadic

#AEAD2F #2FAEAD #AD2FAE

tetradic

#AEAD2F #2FAE6E #2F30AE #AE2F6F

square

#AEAD2F #2FAE6E #2F30AE #AE2F6F

split-complementary

#AEAD2F #2F6FAE #6E2FAE

monochromatic

#4E4D15 #7E7D22 #AEAD2F #CFCE4C #DCDB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AEAD2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD2F

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD2F	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)

#BBA616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.142 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac571',
    500: '#aead2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead2f;
$custom-light: #cac571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72622,
    "c": 0.14179,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD2F

secondary

#7575C4

accent

#48E147

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD2F

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

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