#AEC041#AEC041

#AEC041 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.151 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC041
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 65)
HSL	hsl(69, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 66.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -23.03, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 63.68, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0683 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.151 117)
XYZ	xyz(37.2601, 47.0800, 12.1245)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC041 #5341C0

analogous

#C09241 #AEC041 #6EC041

triadic

#AEC041 #41AEC0 #C041AE

tetradic

#AEC041 #41C092 #5341C0 #C0416E

square

#AEC041 #41C092 #5341C0 #C0416E

split-complementary

#AEC041 #416EC0 #9241C0

monochromatic

#5C6522 #859331 #AEC041 #C2CF6F #D5DE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEC041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#AEC041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC041

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC041	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.151 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d37c',
    500: '#aec041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec041;
$custom-light: #c9d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.504,
    "s": 50.198,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77003,
    "c": 0.15051,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.4708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC041

secondary

#9A92CB

accent

#4EDA62

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC041

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

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