#AEAD36#AEAD36

#AEAD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.137 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD36
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -14.13, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 59.91, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0445 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.137 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0661, 39.1531, 9.3048)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD36 #3637AE

analogous

#AE7136 #AEAD36 #73AE36

triadic

#AEAD36 #36AEAD #AD36AE

tetradic

#AEAD36 #36AE71 #3637AE #AE3673

square

#AEAD36 #36AE71 #3637AE #AE3673

split-complementary

#AEAD36 #3673AE #7136AE

monochromatic

#515019 #7F7F28 #AEAD36 #CBCA56 #D9D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AEAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD36

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD36	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)

#BBA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.137 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c574',
    500: '#aead36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead36;
$custom-light: #c9c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72671,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD36

secondary

#7D7DC3

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD36

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

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