#AEAA26#AEAA26

#AEAA26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.144 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA26
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 38)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -13.31, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 64.31, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0437 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.144 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1814, 37.8892, 7.4515)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA26 #262AAE

analogous

#AE6626 #AEAA26 #6EAE26

triadic

#AEAA26 #26AEAA #AA26AE

tetradic

#AEAA26 #26AE66 #262AAE #AE266E

square

#AEAA26 #26AE66 #262AAE #AE266E

split-complementary

#AEAA26 #266EAE #6626AE

monochromatic

#4A4810 #7C791B #AEAA26 #D5D03D #E0DC6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEAA26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#AEAA26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA26

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA26	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.144 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36c',
    500: '#aeaa26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa26;
$custom-light: #cac36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71905,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA26

secondary

#6A6CC6

accent

#46E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA26

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

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