#AEC051#AEC051

#AEC051 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.138 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC051
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 81)
HSL	hsl(70, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 57.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -21.89, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 57.07, 112.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0635 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.138 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7910, 47.2924, 14.9205)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC051 #6351C0

analogous

#C09A51 #AEC051 #76C051

triadic

#AEC051 #51AEC0 #C051AE

tetradic

#AEC051 #51C09A #6351C0 #C05176

square

#AEC051 #51C09A #6351C0 #C05176

split-complementary

#AEC051 #5176C0 #9A51C0

monochromatic

#636F28 #8B9B38 #AEC051 #C3D07E #D8E1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AEC051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#AEC051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC051

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC051	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)

#CCB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.138 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d386',
    500: '#aec051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec051;
$custom-light: #c8d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.73,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77155,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC051

secondary

#A69FCE

accent

#51D667

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC051

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

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