#AEAE26#AEAE26

#AEAE26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.148 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE26
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -15.37, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 65.73, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0494 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.148 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9427, 39.4117, 7.7053)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE26 #2626AE

analogous

#AE6A26 #AEAE26 #6AAE26

triadic

#AEAE26 #26AEAE #AE26AE

tetradic

#AEAE26 #26AE6A #2626AE #AE266A

square

#AEAE26 #26AE6A #2626AE #AE266A

split-complementary

#AEAE26 #266AAE #6A26AE

monochromatic

#4A4A10 #7C7C1B #AEAE26 #D5D53D #E0E06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AEAE26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE26

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE26	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.148 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56d',
    500: '#aeae26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae26;
$custom-light: #cac56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72791,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE26

secondary

#6A6AC6

accent

#41E741

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE26

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

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