#AEAD55#AEAD55

#AEAD55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD55
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -11.92, 44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 46.38, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0349 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.111 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0396, 39.5425, 14.4319)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD55 #5556AE

analogous

#AE8055 #AEAD55 #82AE55

triadic

#AEAD55 #55AEAD #AD55AE

tetradic

#AEAD55 #55AE80 #5556AE #AE5582

square

#AEAD55 #55AE80 #5556AE #AE5582

split-complementary

#AEAD55 #5582AE #8055AE

monochromatic

#5D5C2C #868540 #AEAD55 #C2C17E #D5D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AEAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD55

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD55	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c587',
    500: '#aead55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead55;
$custom-light: #c8c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.326,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72985,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD55

secondary

#9C9CC3

accent

#5ECB5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD55

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

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