#AEAD3E#AEAD3E

#AEAD3E 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 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD3E
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -13.66, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 56.73, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0423 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.132 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2697, 39.2346, 10.3770)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD3E #3E3FAE

analogous

#AE753E #AEAD3E #77AE3E

triadic

#AEAD3E #3EAEAD #AD3EAE

tetradic

#AEAD3E #3EAE75 #3E3FAE #AE3E77

square

#AEAD3E #3EAE75 #3E3FAE #AE3E77

split-complementary

#AEAD3E #3E77AE #753EAE

monochromatic

#54531E #81802E #AEAD3E #C7C662 #D7D78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEAD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AEAD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD3E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD3E	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c579',
    500: '#aead3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead3e;
$custom-light: #c9c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.464,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72737,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD3E

secondary

#8686C2

accent

#52D751

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD3E

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

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