#AEAD37#AEAD37

#AEAD37 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	#AEAD37
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -14.07, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 59.53, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0442 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.137 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0899, 39.1626, 9.4298)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD37 #3738AE

analogous

#AE7237 #AEAD37 #73AE37

triadic

#AEAD37 #37AEAD #AD37AE

tetradic

#AEAD37 #37AE72 #3738AE #AE3773

square

#AEAD37 #37AE72 #3738AE #AE3773

split-complementary

#AEAD37 #3773AE #7237AE

monochromatic

#51511A #7F7F28 #AEAD37 #CAC958 #D9D886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AEAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD37

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD37	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.137 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c575',
    500: '#aead37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead37;
$custom-light: #c9c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD37

secondary

#7E7FC3

accent

#4EDB4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD37

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

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