#AEA426#AEA426

#AEA426 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.138 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA426
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -10.19, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 62.26, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.035 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.138 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0822, 35.6908, 7.0851)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA426 #2630AE

analogous

#AE6026 #AEA426 #74AE26

triadic

#AEA426 #26AEA4 #A426AE

tetradic

#AEA426 #26AE60 #2630AE #AE2674

square

#AEA426 #26AE60 #2630AE #AE2674

split-complementary

#AEA426 #2674AE #6026AE

monochromatic

#4A4510 #7C751B #AEA426 #D5C93D #E0D76F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AEA426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA426

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA426	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.138 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe6c',
    500: '#aea426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea426;
$custom-light: #cabe6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70585,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA426

secondary

#6A70C6

accent

#4DE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA426

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

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