#AEA228#AEA228

#AEA228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.135 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA228
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -9.06, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 60.96, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0316 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.135 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7603, 34.9938, 7.1413)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA228 #2834AE

analogous

#AE5F28 #AEA228 #77AE28

triadic

#AEA228 #28AEA2 #A228AE

tetradic

#AEA228 #28AE5F #2834AE #AE2877

square

#AEA228 #28AE5F #2834AE #AE2877

split-complementary

#AEA228 #2877AE #5F28AE

monochromatic

#4A4511 #7C741D #AEA228 #D3C640 #DFD572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AEA228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#AEA228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA228

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA228	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.135 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd6c',
    500: '#aea228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea228;
$custom-light: #cabd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70159,
    "c": 0.13547,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA228

secondary

#6C74C6

accent

#51E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA228

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

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