#AEAD49#AEAD49

#AEAD49 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	#AEAD49
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -12.90, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 51.97, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.039 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.123 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6027, 39.3678, 12.1307)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD49 #494AAE

analogous

#AE7A49 #AEAD49 #7CAE49

triadic

#AEAD49 #49AEAD #AD49AE

tetradic

#AEAD49 #49AE7A #494AAE #AE497C

square

#AEAD49 #49AE7A #494AAE #AE497C

split-complementary

#AEAD49 #497CAE #7A49AE

monochromatic

#585725 #838237 #AEAD49 #C3C371 #D5D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AEAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD49

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD49	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)

#BAA63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.123 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c580',
    500: '#aead49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead49;
$custom-light: #c9c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.406,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72844,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD49

secondary

#9191C2

accent

#58D157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD49

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

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