#AEC231#AEC231

#AEC231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.163 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC231
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -24.88, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 70.20, 110.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0749 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.163 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3026, 47.8044, 10.1672)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC231 #4531C2

analogous

#C28E31 #AEC231 #65C231

triadic

#AEC231 #31AEC2 #C231AE

tetradic

#AEC231 #31C28E #4531C2 #C23165

square

#AEC231 #31C28E #4531C2 #C23165

split-complementary

#AEC231 #3165C2 #8E31C2

monochromatic

#566018 #829125 #AEC231 #C5D65B #D6E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#AEC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC231

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC231	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)

#CFB70F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.163 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad474',
    500: '#aec231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec231;
$custom-light: #cad474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7734,
    "c": 0.16297,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC231

secondary

#8D83CC

accent

#45E35B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC231

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

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