#AEC12A#AEC12A

#AEC12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.165 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC12A
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 78.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -24.69, 67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 71.90, 110.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0749 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.165 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9444, 47.3062, 9.3748)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC12A #3D2AC1

analogous

#C1882A #AEC12A #62C12A

triadic

#AEC12A #2AAEC1 #C12AAE

tetradic

#AEC12A #2AC188 #3D2AC1 #C12A62

square

#AEC12A #2AC188 #3D2AC1 #C12A62

split-complementary

#AEC12A #2A62C1 #882AC1

monochromatic

#535C14 #818F1F #AEC12A #C8D94F #D7E482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AEC12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#AEC12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC12A

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC12A	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)

#CDB839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.165 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad371',
    500: '#aec12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec12a;
$custom-light: #cad371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.55,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77075,
    "c": 0.16546,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC12A

secondary

#857ACD

accent

#41E756

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC12A

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

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