#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
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -14.78, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 64.76, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0476 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.146 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7834, 39.0400, 7.8156)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##AEAD28	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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