#AEA226#AEA226

#AEA226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.137 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA226
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 38)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -9.14, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 61.61, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.032 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.137 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7271, 34.9806, 6.9667)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA226 #2632AE

analogous

#AE5E26 #AEA226 #76AE26

triadic

#AEA226 #26AEA2 #A226AE

tetradic

#AEA226 #26AE5E #2632AE #AE2676

square

#AEA226 #26AE5E #2632AE #AE2676

split-complementary

#AEA226 #2676AE #5E26AE

monochromatic

#4A4410 #7C731B #AEA226 #D5C73D #E0D66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AEA226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#AEA226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA226

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA226	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.137 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd6b',
    500: '#aea226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea226;
$custom-light: #cabd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70148,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA226

secondary

#6A72C6

accent

#4FE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA226

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

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