#AEAD3F#AEAD3F

#AEAD3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.131 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD3F
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 63)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -13.60, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 56.31, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0421 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.131 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2974, 39.2457, 10.5228)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD3F #3F40AE

analogous

#AE763F #AEAD3F #78AE3F

triadic

#AEAD3F #3FAEAD #AD3FAE

tetradic

#AEAD3F #3FAE76 #3F40AE #AE3F78

square

#AEAD3F #3FAE76 #3F40AE #AE3F78

split-complementary

#AEAD3F #3F78AE #763FAE

monochromatic

#54541E #81802F #AEAD3F #C7C664 #D7D690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEAD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AEAD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD3F

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD3F	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)

#BBA631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.131 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c57a',
    500: '#aead3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead3f;
$custom-light: #c9c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.459,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72746,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD3F

secondary

#8787C2

accent

#53D651

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD3F

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

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