#AEA826#AEA826

#AEA826 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.142 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA826
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 38)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -12.28, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 63.61, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0408 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.142 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8094, 37.1450, 7.3275)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA826 #262CAE

analogous

#AE6426 #AEA826 #70AE26

triadic

#AEA826 #26AEA8 #A826AE

tetradic

#AEA826 #26AE64 #262CAE #AE2670

square

#AEA826 #26AE64 #262CAE #AE2670

split-complementary

#AEA826 #2670AE #6426AE

monochromatic

#4A4710 #7C781B #AEA826 #D5CE3D #E0DB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#AEA826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA826

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA826	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.142 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac16c',
    500: '#aea826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea826;
$custom-light: #cac16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71464,
    "c": 0.14191,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA826

secondary

#6A6EC6

accent

#48E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA826

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

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