#AEAD46#AEAD46

#AEAD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.125 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD46
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -13.12, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 53.31, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0399 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.125 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5056, 39.3289, 11.6194)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD46 #4647AE

analogous

#AE7946 #AEAD46 #7BAE46

triadic

#AEAD46 #46AEAD #AD46AE

tetradic

#AEAD46 #46AE79 #4647AE #AE467B

square

#AEAD46 #46AE79 #4647AE #AE467B

split-complementary

#AEAD46 #467BAE #7946AE

monochromatic

#575623 #828234 #AEAD46 #C4C36D #D6D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AEAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD46

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD46	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.125 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c57e',
    500: '#aead46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead46;
$custom-light: #c9c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.423,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72813,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD46

secondary

#8E8EC2

accent

#57D255

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD46

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

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