#AEAD43#AEAD43

#AEAD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.128 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD43
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -13.33, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 54.62, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0409 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.128 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4133, 39.2920, 11.1331)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD43 #4344AE

analogous

#AE7743 #AEAD43 #7AAE43

triadic

#AEAD43 #43AEAD #AD43AE

tetradic

#AEAD43 #43AE77 #4344AE #AE437A

square

#AEAD43 #43AE77 #4344AE #AE437A

split-complementary

#AEAD43 #437AAE #7743AE

monochromatic

#565521 #828132 #AEAD43 #C5C469 #D6D695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEAD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AEAD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD43

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD43	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.128 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c57c',
    500: '#aead43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead43;
$custom-light: #c9c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.439,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72783,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD43

secondary

#8B8BC2

accent

#55D454

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD43

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

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