#AEAD66#AEAD66

#AEAD66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.093 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD66
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 41.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -10.24, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 37.95, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0284 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.093 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7980, 39.8459, 18.4257)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD66 #6667AE

analogous

#AE8966 #AEAD66 #8BAE66

triadic

#AEAD66 #66AEAD #AD66AE

tetradic

#AEAD66 #66AE89 #6667AE #AE668B

square

#AEAD66 #66AE89 #6667AE #AE668B

split-complementary

#AEAD66 #668BAE #8966AE

monochromatic

#646435 #8C8C4A #AEAD66 #C3C28E #D8D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AEAD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD66

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD66	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)

#B8A860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.093 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c593',
    500: '#aead66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead66;
$custom-light: #c7c593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73228,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD66

secondary

#A9A9C7

accent

#62C761

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD66

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

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