#AEB228#AEB228

#AEB228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.151 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB228
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -17.33, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 66.61, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0547 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.151 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7601, 40.9936, 8.1412)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB228 #2C28B2

analogous

#B27128 #AEB228 #69B228

triadic

#AEB228 #28AEB2 #B228AE

tetradic

#AEB228 #28B271 #2C28B2 #B22869

square

#AEB228 #28B271 #2C28B2 #B22869

split-complementary

#AEB228 #2869B2 #7128B2

monochromatic

#4C4E12 #7D801D #AEB228 #D0D543 #DDE075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#AEB228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB228

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB228	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.151 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac86e',
    500: '#aeb228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb228;
$custom-light: #cac86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73692,
    "c": 0.15062,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB228

secondary

#716FC7

accent

#41E646

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB228

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

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