#AEC049#AEC049

#AEC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.144 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC049
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 62%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -22.50, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 60.47, 111.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.066 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.144 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5085, 47.1794, 13.4326)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC049 #5B49C0

analogous

#C09749 #AEC049 #73C049

triadic

#AEC049 #49AEC0 #C049AE

tetradic

#AEC049 #49C097 #5B49C0 #C04973

square

#AEC049 #49C097 #5B49C0 #C04973

split-complementary

#AEC049 #4973C0 #9749C0

monochromatic

#5F6A25 #889734 #AEC049 #C2D076 #D6DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AEC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#AEC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC049

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC049	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.144 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d381',
    500: '#aec049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec049;
$custom-light: #c9d381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.076,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77074,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC049

secondary

#A098CC

accent

#50D864

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC049

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

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