#AEAD60#AEAD60

#AEAD60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.100 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD60
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 44.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -10.87, 39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 40.98, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0308 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.1 108)
XYZ	xyz(34.5111, 39.7311, 16.9150)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD60 #6061AE

analogous

#AE8660 #AEAD60 #88AE60

triadic

#AEAD60 #60AEAD #AD60AE

tetradic

#AEAD60 #60AE86 #6061AE #AE6088

square

#AEAD60 #60AE86 #6061AE #AE6088

split-complementary

#AEAD60 #6088AE #8660AE

monochromatic

#626132 #8A8946 #AEAD60 #C3C289 #D7D7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AEAD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD60

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD60	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.100 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c58f',
    500: '#aead60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead60;
$custom-light: #c8c58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.231,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73136,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.3973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD60

secondary

#A4A4C6

accent

#61C95F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD60

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

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