#AEAD51#AEAD51

#AEAD51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.115 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD51
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -12.27, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 48.28, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0363 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.115 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8852, 39.4808, 13.6186)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD51 #5152AE

analogous

#AE7F51 #AEAD51 #80AE51

triadic

#AEAD51 #51AEAD #AD51AE

tetradic

#AEAD51 #51AE7F #5152AE #AE5180

square

#AEAD51 #51AE7F #5152AE #AE5180

split-complementary

#AEAD51 #5180AE #7F51AE

monochromatic

#5A5A2A #84833E #AEAD51 #C1C17B #D5D4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AEAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD51

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD51	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.115 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c585',
    500: '#aead51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead51;
$custom-light: #c8c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.355,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72935,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD51

secondary

#9999C2

accent

#5DCC5B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD51

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

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