#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
RGBrgb(174, 164, 40)
HSLhsl(56, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(56, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.7%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.29, -10.11, 60.79)
CIE-LCHlch(66.29, 61.62, 99.44°)
OKLaboklab(70.6% -0.0346 0.1328)
OKLCHoklch(70.6% 0.137 104.6)
XYZxyz(31.1154, 35.7040, 7.2596)
Luminance0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##AEA4281.002.588.148.14
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1421.001.001.00
##0000008.1421.001.001.00

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

Preview Lab

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#AEA428 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva