#AEC045#AEC045

#AEC045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.148 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC045
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(69, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 64.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -22.77, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 62.10, 111.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0672 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.148 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3801, 47.1280, 12.7565)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC045 #5745C0

analogous

#C09445 #AEC045 #70C045

triadic

#AEC045 #45AEC0 #C045AE

tetradic

#AEC045 #45C094 #5745C0 #C04570

square

#AEC045 #45C094 #5745C0 #C04570

split-complementary

#AEC045 #4570C0 #9445C0

monochromatic

#5E6823 #879533 #AEC045 #C2CF73 #D6DFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AEC045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#AEC045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC045

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC045	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.148 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d37f',
    500: '#aec045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec045;
$custom-light: #c9d37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.78,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77037,
    "c": 0.14754,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC045

secondary

#9D95CC

accent

#4FD963

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC045

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

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