#AEAE28#AEAE28

#AEAE28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.147 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE28
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -15.29, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 65.13, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0491 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.147 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9759, 39.4250, 7.8798)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE28 #2828AE

analogous

#AE6B28 #AEAE28 #6BAE28

triadic

#AEAE28 #28AEAE #AE28AE

tetradic

#AEAE28 #28AE6B #2828AE #AE286B

square

#AEAE28 #28AE6B #2828AE #AE286B

split-complementary

#AEAE28 #286BAE #6B28AE

monochromatic

#4A4A11 #7C7C1D #AEAE28 #D3D340 #DFDF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AEAE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE28

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE28	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.147 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56e',
    500: '#aeae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae28;
$custom-light: #cac56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.14663,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE28

secondary

#6C6CC6

accent

#42E642

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE28

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

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