#AEA926#AEA926

#AEA926 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.143 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA926
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 38)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -12.80, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 63.96, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0423 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.143 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9947, 37.5157, 7.3893)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA926 #262BAE

analogous

#AE6526 #AEA926 #6FAE26

triadic

#AEA926 #26AEA9 #A926AE

tetradic

#AEA926 #26AE65 #262BAE #AE266F

square

#AEA926 #26AE65 #262BAE #AE266F

split-complementary

#AEA926 #266FAE #6526AE

monochromatic

#4A4710 #7C781B #AEA926 #D5CF3D #E0DB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA926 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AEA926 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA926

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA926	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA926	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea926;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.143 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac26c',
    500: '#aea926',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea926;
$custom-light: #cac26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea926",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71684,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA926

secondary

#6A6DC6

accent

#47E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA926

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

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