#AEBB28#AEBB28

#AEBB28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.160 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBB28
RGB	rgb(174, 187, 40)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 78.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -21.83, 66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 70.07, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0672 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.16 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6100, 44.6932, 8.7578)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBB28 #3528BB

analogous

#BB7F28 #AEBB28 #65BB28

triadic

#AEBB28 #28AEBB #BB28AE

tetradic

#AEBB28 #28BB7F #3528BB #BB2865

square

#AEBB28 #28BB7F #3528BB #BB2865

split-complementary

#AEBB28 #2865BB #7F28BB

monochromatic

#505612 #7F891D #AEBB28 #CBD848 #DAE37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEBB28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#AEBB28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBB28

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBB28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBB28	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebb28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 187, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.160 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacf6f',
    500: '#aebb28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebb28;
$custom-light: #cacf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebb28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.306,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7571,
    "c": 0.15996,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBB28

secondary

#7C74CB

accent

#40E84F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBB28

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

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