#AEC230#AEC230

#AEC230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.164 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC230
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 48)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 75.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -24.92, 65.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 70.52, 110.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0751 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.164 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2818, 47.7961, 10.0573)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC230 #4430C2

analogous

#C28D30 #AEC230 #65C230

triadic

#AEC230 #30AEC2 #C230AE

tetradic

#AEC230 #30C28D #4430C2 #C23065

square

#AEC230 #30C28D #4430C2 #C23065

split-complementary

#AEC230 #3065C2 #8D30C2

monochromatic

#566018 #829124 #AEC230 #C5D659 #D6E28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#AEC230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC230

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC230	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB70B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.164 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad474',
    500: '#aec230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec230;
$custom-light: #cad474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.219,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77334,
    "c": 0.16352,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC230

secondary

#8C82CC

accent

#44E35A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC230

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

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