#AEAD3D#AEAD3D

#AEAD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD3D
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -13.72, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 57.14, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0426 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.132 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2425, 39.2237, 10.2338)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD3D #3D3EAE

analogous

#AE743D #AEAD3D #76AE3D

triadic

#AEAD3D #3DAEAD #AD3DAE

tetradic

#AEAD3D #3DAE74 #3D3EAE #AE3D76

square

#AEAD3D #3DAE74 #3D3EAE #AE3D76

split-complementary

#AEAD3D #3D76AE #743DAE

monochromatic

#53531D #81802D #AEAD3D #C8C761 #D7D78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEAD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AEAD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD3D

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD3D	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#BBA62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c578',
    500: '#aead3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead3d;
$custom-light: #c9c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.469,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD3D

secondary

#8585C2

accent

#51D850

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD3D

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

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