#AEAD28#AEAD28

#AEAD28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.146 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AEAD28
RGBrgb(174, 173, 40)
HSLhsl(60, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(60, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.6%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.78, -14.78, 63.05)
CIE-LCHlch(68.78, 64.76, 103.19°)
OKLaboklab(72.58% -0.0476 0.1376)
OKLCHoklch(72.58% 0.146 109.1)
XYZxyz(32.7834, 39.0400, 7.8156)
Luminance0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AEAD28 #2829AE
analogous
#AE6A28 #AEAD28 #6CAE28
triadic
#AEAD28 #28AEAD #AD28AE
tetradic
#AEAD28 #28AE6A #2829AE #AE286C
square
#AEAD28 #28AE6A #2829AE #AE286C
split-complementary
#AEAD28 #286CAE #6A28AE
monochromatic
#4A4A11 #7C7C1D #AEAD28 #D3D240 #DFDE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#AEAD28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81
#AEAD28 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD28
8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AEAD28#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AEAD281.002.388.818.81
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8121.001.001.00
##0000008.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCA602
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAA33
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BBA294
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aead28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.146 109.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56e',
    500: '#aead28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aead28;
$custom-light: #cac56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aead28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7258,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AEAD28
secondary
#6C6DC6
accent
#43E642
background
#FCFCF6
surface
#F9F8EC
border
#D2D1C7
text
#141208
muted
#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD28

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#AEAD28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva