#AEAD35#AEAD35

#AEAD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.138 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD35
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -14.18, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 60.29, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0447 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.138 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0429, 39.1439, 9.1824)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD35 #3536AE

analogous

#AE7135 #AEAD35 #73AE35

triadic

#AEAD35 #35AEAD #AD35AE

tetradic

#AEAD35 #35AE71 #3536AE #AE3573

square

#AEAD35 #35AE71 #3536AE #AE3573

split-complementary

#AEAD35 #3573AE #7135AE

monochromatic

#505018 #7F7E27 #AEAD35 #CBCA55 #DAD984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AEAD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD35

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD35	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.138 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c574',
    500: '#aead35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead35;
$custom-light: #c9c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72664,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD35

secondary

#7C7CC3

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD35

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

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