#AEAD33#AEAD33

#AEAD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.139 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD33
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -14.29, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 61.03, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0452 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.139 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9979, 39.1258, 8.9452)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD33 #3334AE

analogous

#AE7033 #AEAD33 #72AE33

triadic

#AEAD33 #33AEAD #AD33AE

tetradic

#AEAD33 #33AE70 #3334AE #AE3372

square

#AEAD33 #33AE70 #3334AE #AE3372

split-complementary

#AEAD33 #3372AE #7033AE

monochromatic

#4F4F17 #7F7E25 #AEAD33 #CCCB52 #DAD981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AEAD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD33

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD33	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)

#BBA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.139 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c573',
    500: '#aead33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead33;
$custom-light: #c9c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72649,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD33

secondary

#797AC3

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD33

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →