#AEAB26#AEAB26

#AEAB26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.145 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB26
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 38)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -13.83, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 64.66, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0451 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.145 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3696, 38.2655, 7.5142)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB26 #2629AE

analogous

#AE6726 #AEAB26 #6DAE26

triadic

#AEAB26 #26AEAB #AB26AE

tetradic

#AEAB26 #26AE67 #2629AE #AE266D

square

#AEAB26 #26AE67 #2629AE #AE266D

split-complementary

#AEAB26 #266DAE #6726AE

monochromatic

#4A4810 #7C7A1B #AEAB26 #D5D13D #E0DD6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAB26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#AEAB26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB26

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB26	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.145 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36c',
    500: '#aeab26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab26;
$custom-light: #cac36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72126,
    "c": 0.14472,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB26

secondary

#6A6CC6

accent

#44E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB26

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →