#AEAD65#AEAD65

#AEAD65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.094 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD65
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 42%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -10.35, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 38.46, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0288 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.094 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7487, 39.8262, 18.1661)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD65 #6566AE

analogous

#AE8965 #AEAD65 #8BAE65

triadic

#AEAD65 #65AEAD #AD65AE

tetradic

#AEAD65 #65AE89 #6566AE #AE658B

square

#AEAD65 #65AE89 #6566AE #AE658B

split-complementary

#AEAD65 #658BAE #8965AE

monochromatic

#646335 #8C8B4A #AEAD65 #C3C28D #D8D8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AEAD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD65

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD65	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.094 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c592',
    500: '#aead65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead65;
$custom-light: #c7c592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 31.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73212,
    "c": 0.09417,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD65

secondary

#A8A8C7

accent

#62C761

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD65

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

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