#AEAD73#AEAD73

#AEAD73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.078 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD73
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 33.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -8.72, 29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 31.24, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0231 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.078 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4940, 40.1243, 22.0913)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD73 #7374AE

analogous

#AE9073 #AEAD73 #92AE73

triadic

#AEAD73 #73AEAD #AD73AE

tetradic

#AEAD73 #73AE90 #7374AE #AE7392

square

#AEAD73 #73AE90 #7374AE #AE7392

split-complementary

#AEAD73 #7392AE #9073AE

monochromatic

#6A693D #908F53 #AEAD73 #C4C49A #DBDAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEAD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#AEAD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD73

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD73	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)

#B6A86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.078 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c59c',
    500: '#aead73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead73;
$custom-light: #c7c59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 26.697,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7345,
    "c": 0.0777,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD73

secondary

#B2B3CA

accent

#66C365

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD73

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

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