#AEC232#AEC232

#AEC232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.162 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC232
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 50)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 74.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -24.83, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 69.88, 110.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0747 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.162 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3240, 47.8130, 10.2796)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC232 #4632C2

analogous

#C28E32 #AEC232 #66C232

triadic

#AEC232 #32AEC2 #C232AE

tetradic

#AEC232 #32C28E #4632C2 #C23266

square

#AEC232 #32C28E #4632C2 #C23266

split-complementary

#AEC232 #3266C2 #8E32C2

monochromatic

#576119 #829125 #AEC232 #C4D55C #D6E28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#AEC232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC232

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC232	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)

#CFB712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.162 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad475',
    500: '#aec232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec232;
$custom-light: #cad475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77346,
    "c": 0.16242,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC232

secondary

#8E84CC

accent

#46E25B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC232

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

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