#AEA428#AEA428
#AEA428 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.137 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AEA428 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 164, 40) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 63%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 77%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 77%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.29, -10.11, 60.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.29, 61.62, 99.44°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.6% -0.0346 0.1328) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.6% 0.137 104.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.1154, 35.7040, 7.2596) |
| Luminance | 0.3570 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.10
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.32
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.52
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.89
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 6.21
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEA428 #2832AE
analogous
#AE6128 #AEA428 #75AE28
triadic
#AEA428 #28AEA4 #A428AE
tetradic
#AEA428 #28AE61 #2832AE #AE2875
square
#AEA428 #28AE61 #2832AE #AE2875
split-complementary
#AEA428 #2875AE #6128AE
monochromatic
#4A4611 #7C751D #AEA428 #D3C840 #DFD672
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.58
#AEA428 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.14
#AEA428 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEA428
8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEA428 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEA428 | 1.00 | 2.58 | 8.14 | 8.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39E09
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A432
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BB988D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aea428; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 40); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.137 104.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cabe6c',
500: '#aea428',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aea428; $custom-light: #cabe6c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aea428",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 164,
"b": 40
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.522,
"s": 62.617,
"l": 41.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70597,
"c": 0.13723,
"h": 104.6
},
"luminance": 0.35703
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEA428
secondary
#6C73C6
accent
#4EE642
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141207
muted
#82817A