#AEC12D#AEC12D

#AEC12D 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 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC12D
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 45)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 76.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -24.57, 66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 71.02, 110.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0744 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.164 117)
XYZ	xyz(37.0001, 47.3285, 9.6683)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC12D #402DC1

analogous

#C18A2D #AEC12D #64C12D

triadic

#AEC12D #2DAEC1 #C12DAE

tetradic

#AEC12D #2DC18A #402DC1 #C12D64

square

#AEC12D #2DC18A #402DC1 #C12D64

split-complementary

#AEC12D #2D64C1 #8A2DC1

monochromatic

#555E16 #818F21 #AEC12D #C6D754 #D7E386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AEC12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#AEC12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC12D

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC12D	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.164 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad372',
    500: '#aec12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec12d;
$custom-light: #cad372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.703,
    "s": 62.185,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77091,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.47328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC12D

secondary

#887ECC

accent

#43E557

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC12D

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

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