#AEA528#AEA528

#AEA528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.138 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA528
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 40)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -10.64, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 61.96, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.036 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.138 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2951, 36.0634, 7.3195)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA528 #2831AE

analogous

#AE6228 #AEA528 #74AE28

triadic

#AEA528 #28AEA5 #A528AE

tetradic

#AEA528 #28AE62 #2831AE #AE2874

square

#AEA528 #28AE62 #2831AE #AE2874

split-complementary

#AEA528 #2874AE #6228AE

monochromatic

#4A4711 #7C761D #AEA528 #D3C940 #DFD772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#AEA528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA528

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA528	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.138 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf6d',
    500: '#aea528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea528;
$custom-light: #cabf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70816,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA528

secondary

#6C72C6

accent

#4DE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA528

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

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