#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
RGBrgb(174, 173, 56)
HSLhsl(59, 51%, 45%)
HSVhsv(59, 68%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.6%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.88, -14.02, 57.45)
CIE-LCHlch(68.88, 59.14, 103.71°)
OKLaboklab(72.69% -0.044 0.1287)
OKLCHoklch(72.69% 0.136 108.9)
XYZxyz(33.1141, 39.1723, 9.5573)
Luminance0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AEAD381.002.388.838.83
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8321.001.001.00
##0000008.8321.001.001.00

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

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#AEAD38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva