#AEAB28#AEAB28

#AEAB28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.144 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB28
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -13.75, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 64.04, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0448 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.144 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4028, 38.2788, 7.6888)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB28 #282BAE

analogous

#AE6828 #AEAB28 #6EAE28

triadic

#AEAB28 #28AEAB #AB28AE

tetradic

#AEAB28 #28AE68 #282BAE #AE286E

square

#AEAB28 #28AE68 #282BAE #AE286E

split-complementary

#AEAB28 #286EAE #6828AE

monochromatic

#4A4911 #7C7A1D #AEAB28 #D3D040 #DFDC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAB28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AEAB28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB28

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB28	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.144 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36d',
    500: '#aeab28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab28;
$custom-light: #cac36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72137,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB28

secondary

#6C6EC6

accent

#46E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB28

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

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