#AEC037#AEC037

#AEC037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.157 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC037
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 71.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -23.61, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 67.36, 110.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0709 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.157 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9957, 46.9743, 10.7317)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC037 #4937C0

analogous

#C08D37 #AEC037 #69C037

triadic

#AEC037 #37AEC0 #C037AE

tetradic

#AEC037 #37C08D #4937C0 #C03769

square

#AEC037 #37C08D #4937C0 #C03769

split-complementary

#AEC037 #3769C0 #8D37C0

monochromatic

#58611C #839029 #AEC037 #C3D262 #D5E092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEC037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#AEC037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC037

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC037	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)

#CDB61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.157 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad277',
    500: '#aec037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec037;
$custom-light: #cad277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.883,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76927,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC037

secondary

#9188CB

accent

#49DF5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC037

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

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