#AEC131#AEC131

#AEC131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.162 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC131
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 49)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 74.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -24.39, 65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 69.78, 110.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0735 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.162 117)
XYZ	xyz(37.0808, 47.3608, 10.0933)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC131 #4431C1

analogous

#C18C31 #AEC131 #66C131

triadic

#AEC131 #31AEC1 #C131AE

tetradic

#AEC131 #31C18C #4431C1 #C13166

square

#AEC131 #31C18C #4431C1 #C13166

split-complementary

#AEC131 #3166C1 #8C31C1

monochromatic

#565F18 #829025 #AEC131 #C5D55A #D6E28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AEC131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#AEC131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC131

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC131	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)

#CEB710

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.162 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad374',
    500: '#aec131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec131;
$custom-light: #cad374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.917,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77114,
    "c": 0.16186,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.4736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC131

secondary

#8C82CC

accent

#45E35A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC131

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

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