#AEAD69#AEAD69

#AEAD69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.090 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD69
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 105)
HSL	hsl(59, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 39.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -9.91, 35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 36.42, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0272 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.09 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9494, 39.9065, 19.2235)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD69 #696AAE

analogous

#AE8A69 #AEAD69 #8DAE69

triadic

#AEAD69 #69AEAD #AD69AE

tetradic

#AEAD69 #69AE8A #696AAE #AE698D

square

#AEAD69 #69AE8A #696AAE #AE698D

split-complementary

#AEAD69 #698DAE #8A69AE

monochromatic

#666537 #8D8C4C #AEAD69 #C3C391 #D9D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AEAD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD69

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD69	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A864

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.090 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c595',
    500: '#aead69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead69;
$custom-light: #c7c595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73276,
    "c": 0.0896,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD69

secondary

#ABABC8

accent

#63C662

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD69

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

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