#AEAD4A#AEAD4A

#AEAD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD4A
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -12.83, 49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 51.52, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0387 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.122 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6361, 39.3811, 12.3067)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD4A #4A4BAE

analogous

#AE7B4A #AEAD4A #7DAE4A

triadic

#AEAD4A #4AAEAD #AD4AAE

tetradic

#AEAD4A #4AAE7B #4A4BAE #AE4A7D

square

#AEAD4A #4AAE7B #4A4BAE #AE4A7D

split-complementary

#AEAD4A #4A7DAE #7B4AAE

monochromatic

#585825 #838238 #AEAD4A #C3C272 #D5D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEAD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AEAD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD4A

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD4A	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c580',
    500: '#aead4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead4a;
$custom-light: #c8c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72855,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD4A

secondary

#9292C2

accent

#59D058

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD4A

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

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