#AEAD4F#AEAD4F

#AEAD4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD4F
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -12.43, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 49.22, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.037 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.117 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8113, 39.4512, 13.2294)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD4F #4F50AE

analogous

#AE7D4F #AEAD4F #80AE4F

triadic

#AEAD4F #4FAEAD #AD4FAE

tetradic

#AEAD4F #4FAE7D #4F50AE #AE4F80

square

#AEAD4F #4FAE7D #4F50AE #AE4F80

split-complementary

#AEAD4F #4F80AE #7D4FAE

monochromatic

#5A5929 #84833C #AEAD4F #C2C178 #D5D4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AEAD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD4F

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD4F	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)

#BAA746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c583',
    500: '#aead4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead4f;
$custom-light: #c8c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.368,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72911,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD4F

secondary

#9797C2

accent

#5CCE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD4F

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

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