#AEC02C#AEC02C

#AEC02C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.163 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC02C
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 44)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 77.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -24.12, 66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 70.91, 109.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0732 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.163 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7608, 46.8803, 9.4946)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC02C #3E2CC0

analogous

#C0882C #AEC02C #64C02C

triadic

#AEC02C #2CAEC0 #C02CAE

tetradic

#AEC02C #2CC088 #3E2CC0 #C02C64

square

#AEC02C #2CC088 #3E2CC0 #C02C64

split-complementary

#AEC02C #2C64C0 #882CC0

monochromatic

#545C15 #818E21 #AEC02C #C7D752 #D7E384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEC02C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#AEC02C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC02C

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC02C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC02C	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec02c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.163 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad272',
    500: '#aec02c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec02c;
$custom-light: #cad272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec02c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.297,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76859,
    "c": 0.16339,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC02C

secondary

#867CCC

accent

#42E656

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC02C

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

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