#AEAD41#AEAD41

#AEAD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.129 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD41
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -13.47, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 55.47, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0415 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.129 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3543, 39.2684, 10.8226)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD41 #4142AE

analogous

#AE7741 #AEAD41 #78AE41

triadic

#AEAD41 #41AEAD #AD41AE

tetradic

#AEAD41 #41AE77 #4142AE #AE4178

square

#AEAD41 #41AE77 #4142AE #AE4178

split-complementary

#AEAD41 #4178AE #7741AE

monochromatic

#555420 #818130 #AEAD41 #C6C566 #D7D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AEAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD41

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD41	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)

#BAA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.129 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c57b',
    500: '#aead41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead41;
$custom-light: #c9c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.45,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72764,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD41

secondary

#8989C2

accent

#54D553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD41

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

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