#AEC043#AEC043

#AEC043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.149 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC043
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 67)
HSL	hsl(69, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 65.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -22.91, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 62.90, 111.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0678 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.149 117)
XYZ	xyz(37.3191, 47.1036, 12.4350)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC043 #5543C0

analogous

#C09343 #AEC043 #6FC043

triadic

#AEC043 #43AEC0 #C043AE

tetradic

#AEC043 #43C093 #5543C0 #C0436F

square

#AEC043 #43C093 #5543C0 #C0436F

split-complementary

#AEC043 #436FC0 #9343C0

monochromatic

#5D6622 #869432 #AEC043 #C2CF71 #D5DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEC043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#AEC043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC043

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC043	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)

#CDB632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.149 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d37d',
    500: '#aec043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec043;
$custom-light: #c9d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.64,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77019,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.47103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC043

secondary

#9C94CB

accent

#4ED962

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC043

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

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