#AEB126#AEB126

#AEB126 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.151 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB126
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 38)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 78.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -16.90, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 66.83, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0537 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.151 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5288, 40.5838, 7.9006)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB126 #2926B1

analogous

#B16F26 #AEB126 #69B126

triadic

#AEB126 #26AEB1 #B126AE

tetradic

#AEB126 #26B16F #2926B1 #B12669

square

#AEB126 #26B16F #2926B1 #B12669

split-complementary

#AEB126 #2669B1 #6F26B1

monochromatic

#4B4C10 #7C7F1B #AEB126 #D2D63F #DEE071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEB126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#AEB126 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB126

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB126	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.151 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac86d',
    500: '#aeb126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb126;
$custom-light: #cac86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73458,
    "c": 0.15059,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB126

secondary

#6D6BC7

accent

#40E844

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB126

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

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