#AEAD4E#AEAD4E

#AEAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.118 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD4E
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -12.51, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 49.69, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0373 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.118 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7752, 39.4368, 13.0391)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD4E #4E4FAE

analogous

#AE7D4E #AEAD4E #7FAE4E

triadic

#AEAD4E #4EAEAD #AD4EAE

tetradic

#AEAD4E #4EAE7D #4E4FAE #AE4E7F

square

#AEAD4E #4EAE7D #4E4FAE #AE4E7F

split-complementary

#AEAD4E #4E7FAE #7D4EAE

monochromatic

#595928 #84833B #AEAD4E #C2C177 #D5D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AEAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD4E

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD4E	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.118 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c583',
    500: '#aead4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead4e;
$custom-light: #c8c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD4E

secondary

#9696C2

accent

#5BCE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD4E

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

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