#AEC226#AEC226

#AEC226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.168 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC226
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 38)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 80.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -25.33, 68.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 73.39, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.077 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.168 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0982, 47.7226, 9.0904)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC226 #3A26C2

analogous

#C28826 #AEC226 #60C226

triadic

#AEC226 #26AEC2 #C226AE

tetradic

#AEC226 #26C288 #3A26C2 #C22660

square

#AEC226 #26C288 #3A26C2 #C22660

split-complementary

#AEC226 #2660C2 #8826C2

monochromatic

#525C12 #808F1C #AEC226 #C9DB4A #D8E67D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#AEC226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC226

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC226	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.168 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad46f',
    500: '#aec226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec226;
$custom-light: #cad46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77282,
    "c": 0.16835,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC226

secondary

#8176CE

accent

#3EEA54

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC226

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

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