#AEC031#AEC031

#AEC031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.161 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC031
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 49)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 74.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -23.91, 65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 69.37, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0722 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.161 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8605, 46.9202, 10.0198)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC031 #4331C0

analogous

#C08A31 #AEC031 #67C031

triadic

#AEC031 #31AEC0 #C031AE

tetradic

#AEC031 #31C08A #4331C0 #C03167

square

#AEC031 #31C08A #4331C0 #C03167

split-complementary

#AEC031 #3167C0 #8A31C0

monochromatic

#565E18 #828F25 #AEC031 #C5D559 #D6E18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEC031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#AEC031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC031

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC031	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)

#CDB610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.161 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad274',
    500: '#aec031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec031;
$custom-light: #cad274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.552,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76888,
    "c": 0.16075,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC031

secondary

#8B82CB

accent

#45E359

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC031

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

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