#AEC137#AEC137

#AEC137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.158 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC137
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -24.10, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 67.79, 110.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0722 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.158 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2160, 47.4149, 10.8051)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC137 #4A37C1

analogous

#C18F37 #AEC137 #69C137

triadic

#AEC137 #37AEC1 #C137AE

tetradic

#AEC137 #37C18F #4A37C1 #C13769

square

#AEC137 #37C18F #4A37C1 #C13769

split-complementary

#AEC137 #3769C1 #8F37C1

monochromatic

#58621C #839129 #AEC137 #C3D263 #D5E092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#AEC137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#AEC137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC137

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC137	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.158 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad377',
    500: '#aec137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec137;
$custom-light: #cad377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.261,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77152,
    "c": 0.15835,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC137

secondary

#9289CB

accent

#49DF5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC137

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

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