#AEB626#AEB626

#AEB626 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.156 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB626
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 38)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 79.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -19.42, 65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 68.70, 106.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0607 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.156 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5345, 42.5953, 8.2359)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB626 #2E26B6

analogous

#B67626 #AEB626 #66B626

triadic

#AEB626 #26AEB6 #B626AE

tetradic

#AEB626 #26B676 #2E26B6 #B62666

square

#AEB626 #26B676 #2E26B6 #B62666

split-complementary

#AEB626 #2666B6 #7626B6

monochromatic

#4D5111 #7E831B #AEB626 #CFD742 #DCE274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AEB626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#AEB626 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB626

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB626	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.156 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacb6e',
    500: '#aeb626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb626;
$custom-light: #cacb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74576,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB626

secondary

#746EC9

accent

#3FE849

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB626

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

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