#AEC12C#AEC12C

#AEC12C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.164 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC12C
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 44)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 77.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -24.61, 66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 71.32, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0746 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.164 117)
XYZ	xyz(36.9811, 47.3209, 9.5681)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC12C #3F2CC1

analogous

#C18A2C #AEC12C #64C12C

triadic

#AEC12C #2CAEC1 #C12CAE

tetradic

#AEC12C #2CC18A #3F2CC1 #C12C64

square

#AEC12C #2CC18A #3F2CC1 #C12C64

split-complementary

#AEC12C #2C64C1 #8A2CC1

monochromatic

#545D15 #818F21 #AEC12C #C7D853 #D7E384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AEC12C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#AEC12C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC12C

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC12C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC12C	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)

#CDB83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec12c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.164 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad372',
    500: '#aec12c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec12c;
$custom-light: #cad372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec12c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.651,
    "s": 62.869,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77085,
    "c": 0.16449,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.4732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC12C

secondary

#877DCC

accent

#42E657

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC12C

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

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