#AEBA28#AEBA28
#AEBA28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.159 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AEBA28 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 186, 40) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 65%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 78%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 78.5%, 27.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.41, -21.34, 66.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.41, 69.68, 107.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.49% -0.0658 0.1446) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.49% 0.159 114.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.3985, 44.2704, 8.6874) |
| Luminance | 0.4427 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 1.41
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 1.94
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.06
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.13
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.30
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEBA28 #3428BA
analogous
#BA7D28 #AEBA28 #65BA28
triadic
#AEBA28 #28AEBA #BA28AE
tetradic
#AEBA28 #28BA7D #3428BA #BA2865
square
#AEBA28 #28BA7D #3428BA #BA2865
split-complementary
#AEBA28 #2865BA #7D28BA
monochromatic
#505512 #7F881D #AEBA28 #CCD848 #DAE27A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#AEBA28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.85
#AEBA28 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEBA28
9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEBA28 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEBA28 | 1.00 | 2.13 | 9.85 | 9.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B000
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B336
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BAAF9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aeba28; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 40); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.159 114.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cace6f',
500: '#aeba28',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aeba28; $custom-light: #cace6f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aeba28",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 186,
"b": 40
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.932,
"s": 64.602,
"l": 44.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75485,
"c": 0.1589,
"h": 114.5
},
"luminance": 0.4427
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEBA28
secondary
#7B73CA
accent
#40E84E
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F9ED
border
#D2D2C8
text
#141308
muted
#82827B