#AEAC28#AEAC28

#AEAC28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.145 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC28
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -14.27, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 64.40, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0462 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.145 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5924, 38.6580, 7.7520)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC28 #282AAE

analogous

#AE6928 #AEAC28 #6DAE28

triadic

#AEAC28 #28AEAC #AC28AE

tetradic

#AEAC28 #28AE69 #282AAE #AE286D

square

#AEAC28 #28AE69 #282AAE #AE286D

split-complementary

#AEAC28 #286DAE #6928AE

monochromatic

#4A4A11 #7C7B1D #AEAC28 #D3D140 #DFDD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEAC28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AEAC28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC28

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC28	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA503

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.145 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac46d',
    500: '#aeac28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac28;
$custom-light: #cac46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72358,
    "c": 0.14468,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC28

secondary

#6C6DC6

accent

#45E642

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC28

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

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