#AAAE26#AAAE26

#AAAE26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.149 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE26
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 38)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -17.11, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 65.76, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0541 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.149 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0646, 38.9590, 7.6641)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE26 #2A26AE

analogous

#AE6E26 #AAAE26 #66AE26

triadic

#AAAE26 #26AAAE #AE26AA

tetradic

#AAAE26 #26AE6E #2A26AE #AE2666

square

#AAAE26 #26AE6E #2A26AE #AE2666

split-complementary

#AAAE26 #2666AE #6E26AE

monochromatic

#484A10 #797C1B #AAAE26 #D0D53D #DCE06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAE26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AAAE26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE26

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE26	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.149 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56d',
    500: '#aaae26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae26;
$custom-light: #c7c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE26

secondary

#6C6AC6

accent

#41E746

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE26

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

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