#AEAD32#AEAD32

#AEAD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.140 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD32
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -14.34, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 61.40, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0455 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.14 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.9760, 39.1171, 8.8303)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD32 #3233AE

analogous

#AE6F32 #AEAD32 #71AE32

triadic

#AEAD32 #32AEAD #AD32AE

tetradic

#AEAD32 #32AE6F #3233AE #AE3271

square

#AEAD32 #32AE6F #3233AE #AE3271

split-complementary

#AEAD32 #3271AE #6F32AE

monochromatic

#4F4E17 #7E7E24 #AEAD32 #CDCC50 #DADA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AEAD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD32

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD32	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)

#BBA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.140 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac572',
    500: '#aead32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead32;
$custom-light: #cac572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72642,
    "c": 0.13996,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD32

secondary

#7879C4

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD32

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

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