#AAAE28#AAAE28

#AAAE28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.148 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE28
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -17.03, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 65.15, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0537 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.148 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0977, 38.9722, 7.8386)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE28 #2C28AE

analogous

#AE6F28 #AAAE28 #67AE28

triadic

#AAAE28 #28AAAE #AE28AA

tetradic

#AAAE28 #28AE6F #2C28AE #AE2867

square

#AAAE28 #28AE6F #2C28AE #AE2867

split-complementary

#AAAE28 #2867AE #6F28AE

monochromatic

#494A11 #797C1D #AAAE28 #CFD340 #DBDF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AAAE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE28

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE28	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.148 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56e',
    500: '#aaae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae28;
$custom-light: #c7c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7246,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE28

secondary

#6F6CC6

accent

#42E647

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE28

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

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