#AEC036#AEC036

#AEC036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.158 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC036
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 54)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 71.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -23.66, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 67.71, 110.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0711 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.158 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9719, 46.9648, 10.6068)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC036 #4836C0

analogous

#C08D36 #AEC036 #69C036

triadic

#AEC036 #36AEC0 #C036AE

tetradic

#AEC036 #36C08D #4836C0 #C03669

square

#AEC036 #36C08D #4836C0 #C03669

split-complementary

#AEC036 #3669C0 #8D36C0

monochromatic

#57601B #839029 #AEC036 #C4D261 #D6E090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEC036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#AEC036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC036

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC036	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.158 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad276',
    500: '#aec036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec036;
$custom-light: #cad276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7692,
    "c": 0.15785,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC036

secondary

#9087CB

accent

#48DF5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC036

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

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