#AEAD38#AEAD38

#AEAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD38
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -14.02, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 59.14, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.044 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.136 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1141, 39.1723, 9.5573)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD38 #3839AE

analogous

#AE7238 #AEAD38 #74AE38

triadic

#AEAD38 #38AEAD #AD38AE

tetradic

#AEAD38 #38AE72 #3839AE #AE3874

square

#AEAD38 #38AE72 #3839AE #AE3874

split-complementary

#AEAD38 #3874AE #7238AE

monochromatic

#51511A #807F29 #AEAD38 #CAC959 #D9D888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AEAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD38

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD38	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)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c576',
    500: '#aead38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead38;
$custom-light: #c9c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72687,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD38

secondary

#7F80C3

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD38

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

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