#AEAD71#AEAD71

#AEAD71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.080 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD71
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 113)
HSL	hsl(59, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 35.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -8.97, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 32.28, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.024 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.08 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3801, 40.0787, 21.4918)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD71 #7172AE

analogous

#AE8F71 #AEAD71 #91AE71

triadic

#AEAD71 #71AEAD #AD71AE

tetradic

#AEAD71 #71AE8F #7172AE #AE7191

square

#AEAD71 #71AE8F #7172AE #AE7191

split-complementary

#AEAD71 #7191AE #8F71AE

monochromatic

#69683C #908F52 #AEAD71 #C4C498 #DADABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEAD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#AEAD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD71

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD71	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.080 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c59a',
    500: '#aead71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead71;
$custom-light: #c7c59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 27.354,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73414,
    "c": 0.08013,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD71

secondary

#B1B1CA

accent

#66C464

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD71

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

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