#AEA028#AEA028

#AEA028 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.134 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA028
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 40)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -8.00, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 60.31, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0287 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.134 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4108, 34.2948, 7.0248)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA028 #2836AE

analogous

#AE5D28 #AEA028 #79AE28

triadic

#AEA028 #28AEA0 #A028AE

tetradic

#AEA028 #28AE5D #2836AE #AE2879

square

#AEA028 #28AE5D #2836AE #AE2879

split-complementary

#AEA028 #2879AE #5D28AE

monochromatic

#4A4411 #7C721D #AEA028 #D3C440 #DFD372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AEA028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#AEA028 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA028

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA028	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.134 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb6c',
    500: '#aea028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea028;
$custom-light: #cabb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69724,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA028

secondary

#6C76C6

accent

#53E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA028

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

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