#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

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA28

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

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