#AEAD45#AEAD45

#AEAD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.126 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD45
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -13.20, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 53.75, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0403 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.126 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4743, 39.3164, 11.4546)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD45 #4546AE

analogous

#AE7945 #AEAD45 #7AAE45

triadic

#AEAD45 #45AEAD #AD45AE

tetradic

#AEAD45 #45AE79 #4546AE #AE457A

square

#AEAD45 #45AE79 #4546AE #AE457A

split-complementary

#AEAD45 #457AAE #7945AE

monochromatic

#565622 #828134 #AEAD45 #C5C46C #D6D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AEAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD45

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD45	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)

#BAA639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.126 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c57d',
    500: '#aead45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead45;
$custom-light: #c9c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.429,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72803,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD45

secondary

#8D8DC2

accent

#56D355

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD45

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

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