#AEB828#AEB828

#AEB828 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.157 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB828
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 40)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 78.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -20.34, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 68.90, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0631 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.157 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9802, 43.4336, 8.5479)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB828 #3228B8

analogous

#B87A28 #AEB828 #66B828

triadic

#AEB828 #28AEB8 #B828AE

tetradic

#AEB828 #28B87A #3228B8 #B82866

square

#AEB828 #28B87A #3228B8 #B82866

split-complementary

#AEB828 #2866B8 #7A28B8

monochromatic

#4F5312 #7E861D #AEB828 #CDD746 #DAE279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEB828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#AEB828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB828

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB828	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.157 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacd6f',
    500: '#aeb828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb828;
$custom-light: #cacd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.167,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75035,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB828

secondary

#7872CA

accent

#41E74C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB828

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

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