#AEA526#AEA526

#AEA526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.139 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA526
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -10.71, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 62.60, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0365 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.139 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2619, 36.0501, 7.1450)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA526 #262FAE

analogous

#AE6126 #AEA526 #73AE26

triadic

#AEA526 #26AEA5 #A526AE

tetradic

#AEA526 #26AE61 #262FAE #AE2673

square

#AEA526 #26AE61 #262FAE #AE2673

split-complementary

#AEA526 #2673AE #6126AE

monochromatic

#4A4610 #7C751B #AEA526 #D5CB3D #E0D86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#AEA526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA526

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA526	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.139 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf6c',
    500: '#aea526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea526;
$custom-light: #cabf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70804,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA526

secondary

#6A70C6

accent

#4CE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA526

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

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