#AEAD3A#AEAD3A

#AEAD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD3A
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -13.90, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 58.35, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0434 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.135 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1640, 39.1923, 9.8201)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD3A #3A3BAE

analogous

#AE733A #AEAD3A #75AE3A

triadic

#AEAD3A #3AAEAD #AD3AAE

tetradic

#AEAD3A #3AAE73 #3A3BAE #AE3A75

square

#AEAD3A #3AAE73 #3A3BAE #AE3A75

split-complementary

#AEAD3A #3A75AE #733AAE

monochromatic

#52521B #807F2B #AEAD3A #C9C85C #D8D78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AEAD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD3A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD3A	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)

#BBA62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c577',
    500: '#aead3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead3a;
$custom-light: #c9c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72703,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD3A

secondary

#8182C2

accent

#4FDA4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD3A

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

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