#AEC126#AEC126

#AEC126 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.167 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC126
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 38)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 80.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -24.84, 68.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 72.99, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0756 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.167 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8764, 47.2790, 9.0165)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC126 #3926C1

analogous

#C18726 #AEC126 #60C126

triadic

#AEC126 #26AEC1 #C126AE

tetradic

#AEC126 #26C187 #3926C1 #C12660

square

#AEC126 #26C187 #3926C1 #C12660

split-complementary

#AEC126 #2660C1 #8726C1

monochromatic

#525B12 #808E1C #AEC126 #C9DB49 #D8E57C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AEC126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#AEC126 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC126

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC126	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)

#CFB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.167 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad36f',
    500: '#aec126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec126;
$custom-light: #cad36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.355,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77055,
    "c": 0.16727,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC126

secondary

#8075CD

accent

#3EEA53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC126

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

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