#AEAD79#AEAD79

#AEAD79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.070 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD79
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -7.96, 26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 28.08, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0206 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.07 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8505, 40.2669, 23.9692)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD79 #797AAE

analogous

#AE9279 #AEAD79 #94AE79

triadic

#AEAD79 #79AEAD #AD79AE

tetradic

#AEAD79 #79AE92 #797AAE #AE7994

square

#AEAD79 #79AE92 #797AAE #AE7994

split-complementary

#AEAD79 #7994AE #9279AE

monochromatic

#6C6B41 #929158 #AEAD79 #C5C49F #DCDCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEAD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#AEAD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD79

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD79	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.070 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c5a0',
    500: '#aead79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead79;
$custom-light: #c7c5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73564,
    "c": 0.07027,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD79

secondary

#B7B7CC

accent

#68C167

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD79

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

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