#AEAD56#AEAD56

#AEAD56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD56
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -11.83, 44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 45.90, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0345 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.11 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0796, 39.5586, 14.6426)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD56 #5657AE

analogous

#AE8156 #AEAD56 #83AE56

triadic

#AEAD56 #56AEAD #AD56AE

tetradic

#AEAD56 #56AE81 #5657AE #AE5683

square

#AEAD56 #56AE81 #5657AE #AE5683

split-complementary

#AEAD56 #5683AE #8156AE

monochromatic

#5D5C2D #868640 #AEAD56 #C2C17F #D6D5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AEAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD56

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD56	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)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c588',
    500: '#aead56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead56;
$custom-light: #c8c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.318,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD56

secondary

#9C9DC3

accent

#5ECB5D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD56

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

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