#AEAD48#AEAD48

#AEAD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.123 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD48
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -12.98, 50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 52.42, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0393 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.123 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5698, 39.3546, 11.9575)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD48 #4849AE

analogous

#AE7A48 #AEAD48 #7CAE48

triadic

#AEAD48 #48AEAD #AD48AE

tetradic

#AEAD48 #48AE7A #4849AE #AE487C

square

#AEAD48 #48AE7A #4849AE #AE487C

split-complementary

#AEAD48 #487CAE #7A48AE

monochromatic

#575724 #838236 #AEAD48 #C4C370 #D6D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEAD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AEAD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD48

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD48	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)

#BAA63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.123 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c57f',
    500: '#aead48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead48;
$custom-light: #c9c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.412,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72834,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD48

secondary

#9090C2

accent

#58D157

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD48

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

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