#AEC12B#AEC12B

#AEC12B 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	#AEC12B
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 43)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 77.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -24.65, 67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 71.61, 110.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0747 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.165 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9625, 47.3135, 9.4703)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC12B #3E2BC1

analogous

#C1892B #AEC12B #63C12B

triadic

#AEC12B #2BAEC1 #C12BAE

tetradic

#AEC12B #2BC189 #3E2BC1 #C12B63

square

#AEC12B #2BC189 #3E2BC1 #C12B63

split-complementary

#AEC12B #2B63C1 #892BC1

monochromatic

#545D15 #818F20 #AEC12B #C7D851 #D7E383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AEC12B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#AEC12B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC12B

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC12B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC12B	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: #aec12b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.165 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad371',
    500: '#aec12b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec12b;
$custom-light: #cad371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec12b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.6,
    "s": 63.559,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7708,
    "c": 0.16498,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC12B

secondary

#867BCC

accent

#41E756

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC12B

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

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