#AEC053#AEC053

#AEC053 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.136 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC053
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 83)
HSL	hsl(70, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 56.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -21.72, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 56.20, 112.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0628 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.136 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8671, 47.3228, 15.3213)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC053 #6553C0

analogous

#C09C53 #AEC053 #78C053

triadic

#AEC053 #53AEC0 #C053AE

tetradic

#AEC053 #53C09C #6553C0 #C05378

square

#AEC053 #53C09C #6553C0 #C05378

split-complementary

#AEC053 #5378C0 #9C53C0

monochromatic

#647029 #8C9C39 #AEC053 #C3D080 #D8E1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AEC053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#AEC053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC053

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC053	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)

#CCB748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.136 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d387',
    500: '#aec053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec053;
$custom-light: #c8d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.908,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77177,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC053

secondary

#A8A0CF

accent

#52D668

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC053

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

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