#AEC050#AEC050

#AEC050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.139 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC050
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(70, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 58.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -21.97, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 57.51, 112.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0638 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.139 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7538, 47.2775, 14.7245)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC050 #6250C0

analogous

#C09A50 #AEC050 #76C050

triadic

#AEC050 #50AEC0 #C050AE

tetradic

#AEC050 #50C09A #6250C0 #C05076

square

#AEC050 #50C09A #6250C0 #C05076

split-complementary

#AEC050 #5076C0 #9A50C0

monochromatic

#636E28 #8B9B38 #AEC050 #C3D07D #D8E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AEC050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#AEC050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC050

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC050	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.139 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d385',
    500: '#aec050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec050;
$custom-light: #c8d385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.643,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC050

secondary

#A69ECE

accent

#51D767

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC050

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

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