#AEAD31#AEAD31

#AEAD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.141 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD31
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -14.39, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 61.76, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0457 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.141 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.9547, 39.1086, 8.7179)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD31 #3132AE

analogous

#AE6E31 #AEAD31 #70AE31

triadic

#AEAD31 #31AEAD #AD31AE

tetradic

#AEAD31 #31AE6E #3132AE #AE3170

square

#AEAD31 #31AE6E #3132AE #AE3170

split-complementary

#AEAD31 #3170AE #6E31AE

monochromatic

#4E4E16 #7E7E24 #AEAD31 #CDCC4F #DBDA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AEAD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD31

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD31	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)

#BBA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.141 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac572',
    500: '#aead31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead31;
$custom-light: #cac572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.52,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72635,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD31

secondary

#7778C4

accent

#4ADF48

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD31

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

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