#AEA828#AEA828

#AEA828 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.141 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA828
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -12.20, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 62.99, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0404 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.141 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8425, 37.1583, 7.5020)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA828 #282EAE

analogous

#AE6528 #AEA828 #71AE28

triadic

#AEA828 #28AEA8 #A828AE

tetradic

#AEA828 #28AE65 #282EAE #AE2871

square

#AEA828 #28AE65 #282EAE #AE2871

split-complementary

#AEA828 #2871AE #6528AE

monochromatic

#4A4811 #7C781D #AEA828 #D3CD40 #DFDA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#AEA828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA828

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA828	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.141 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac16d',
    500: '#aea828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea828;
$custom-light: #cac16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71475,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA828

secondary

#6C70C6

accent

#49E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA828

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

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