#AEAC26#AEAC26

#AEAC26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.146 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC26
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 38)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -14.34, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 65.01, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0466 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.146 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5592, 38.6447, 7.5774)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC26 #2628AE

analogous

#AE6826 #AEAC26 #6CAE26

triadic

#AEAC26 #26AEAC #AC26AE

tetradic

#AEAC26 #26AE68 #2628AE #AE266C

square

#AEAC26 #26AE68 #2628AE #AE266C

split-complementary

#AEAC26 #266CAE #6826AE

monochromatic

#4A4910 #7C7A1B #AEAC26 #D5D23D #E0DE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEAC26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AEAC26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC26

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC26	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.146 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac46d',
    500: '#aeac26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac26;
$custom-light: #cac46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72347,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC26

secondary

#6A6BC6

accent

#43E741

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC26

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

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