#AEAD39#AEAD39

#AEAD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD39
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -13.96, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 58.75, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0437 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.135 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1388, 39.1822, 9.6874)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD39 #393AAE

analogous

#AE7239 #AEAD39 #75AE39

triadic

#AEAD39 #39AEAD #AD39AE

tetradic

#AEAD39 #39AE72 #393AAE #AE3975

square

#AEAD39 #39AE72 #393AAE #AE3975

split-complementary

#AEAD39 #3975AE #7239AE

monochromatic

#52511B #807F2A #AEAD39 #C9C85B #D8D889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AEAD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD39

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD39	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c576',
    500: '#aead39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead39;
$custom-light: #c9c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72695,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD39

secondary

#8081C3

accent

#4FDA4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD39

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

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