#AEA126#AEA126

#AEA126 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.136 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA126
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 38)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -8.61, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 61.29, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0305 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.136 103)
XYZ	xyz(30.5517, 34.6297, 6.9083)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA126 #2633AE

analogous

#AE5D26 #AEA126 #77AE26

triadic

#AEA126 #26AEA1 #A126AE

tetradic

#AEA126 #26AE5D #2633AE #AE2677

square

#AEA126 #26AE5D #2633AE #AE2677

split-complementary

#AEA126 #2677AE #5D26AE

monochromatic

#4A4410 #7C731B #AEA126 #D5C63D #E0D56F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AEA126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#AEA126 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA126

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA126	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.136 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabc6b',
    500: '#aea126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea126;
$custom-light: #cabc6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6993,
    "c": 0.13566,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.34628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA126

secondary

#6A72C6

accent

#51E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA126

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

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