#AEBD26#AEBD26

#AEBD26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.163 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBD26
RGB	rgb(174, 189, 38)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -22.89, 67.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 71.41, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0703 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.163 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0041, 45.5344, 8.7257)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBD26 #3526BD

analogous

#BD8026 #AEBD26 #63BD26

triadic

#AEBD26 #26AEBD #BD26AE

tetradic

#AEBD26 #26BD80 #3526BD #BD2663

square

#AEBD26 #26BD80 #3526BD #BD2663

split-complementary

#AEBD26 #2663BD #8026BD

monochromatic

#505712 #7F8A1C #AEBD26 #CBDA46 #DAE479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#AEBD26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#AEBD26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBD26

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBD26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBD26	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebd26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 189, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.163 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad06f',
    500: '#aebd26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebd26;
$custom-light: #cad06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebd26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.96,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76151,
    "c": 0.163,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBD26

secondary

#7C73CC

accent

#3EE94F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBD26

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

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