#AEC12E#AEC12E
#AEC12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.163 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AEC12E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 193, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 62%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 76%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 76.2%, 24.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.40, -24.53, 66.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.40, 70.72, 110.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.1% -0.0742 0.1457) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.1% 0.163 117) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.0196, 47.3363, 9.7709) |
| Luminance | 0.4734 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 1.84
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.39
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 2.60
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.78
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.91
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 3.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEC12E #412EC1
analogous
#C18B2E #AEC12E #65C12E
triadic
#AEC12E #2EAEC1 #C12EAE
tetradic
#AEC12E #2EC18B #412EC1 #C12E65
square
#AEC12E #2EC18B #412EC1 #C12E65
split-complementary
#AEC12E #2E65C1 #8B2EC1
monochromatic
#555E16 #819022 #AEC12E #C6D756 #D7E287
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.01
#AEC12E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.47
#AEC12E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEC12E
10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEC12E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEC12E | 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)
#CEB605
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDB83B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B9B6A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aec12e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.163 117.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cad373',
500: '#aec12e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aec12e; $custom-light: #cad373; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aec12e",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 193,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.755,
"s": 61.506,
"l": 46.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77096,
"c": 0.16347,
"h": 117
},
"luminance": 0.47336
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEC12E
secondary
#897FCC
accent
#43E558
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F9ED
border
#D2D2C8
text
#141409
muted
#82827B