#AEC039#AEC039

#AEC039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.156 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC039
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 57)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 70.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -23.50, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 66.66, 110.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0704 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.156 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0446, 46.9938, 10.9893)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC039 #4B39C0

analogous

#C08F39 #AEC039 #6BC039

triadic

#AEC039 #39AEC0 #C039AE

tetradic

#AEC039 #39C08F #4B39C0 #C0396B

square

#AEC039 #39C08F #4B39C0 #C0396B

split-complementary

#AEC039 #396BC0 #8F39C0

monochromatic

#58621D #83912B #AEC039 #C3D165 #D5DF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEC039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#AEC039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC039

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC039	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.156 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d278',
    500: '#aec039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec039;
$custom-light: #c9d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 54.217,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76941,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC039

secondary

#938ACB

accent

#4ADE5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC039

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

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