#AEAD53#AEAD53

#AEAD53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD53
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -12.10, 45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 47.34, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0356 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.113 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9613, 39.5112, 14.0194)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD53 #5354AE

analogous

#AE8053 #AEAD53 #81AE53

triadic

#AEAD53 #53AEAD #AD53AE

tetradic

#AEAD53 #53AE80 #5354AE #AE5381

square

#AEAD53 #53AE80 #5354AE #AE5381

split-complementary

#AEAD53 #5381AE #8053AE

monochromatic

#5C5B2B #85843F #AEAD53 #C2C17D #D5D5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AEAD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD53

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD53	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)

#B9A74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c586',
    500: '#aead53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead53;
$custom-light: #c8c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.341,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7296,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD53

secondary

#9A9BC3

accent

#5DCC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD53

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

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