#AEC233#AEC233

#AEC233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.162 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC233
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 51)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 73.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -24.79, 64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 69.56, 110.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0745 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.162 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3458, 47.8217, 10.3945)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC233 #4733C2

analogous

#C28F33 #AEC233 #66C233

triadic

#AEC233 #33AEC2 #C233AE

tetradic

#AEC233 #33C28F #4733C2 #C23366

square

#AEC233 #33C28F #4733C2 #C23366

split-complementary

#AEC233 #3366C2 #8F33C2

monochromatic

#57611A #839226 #AEC233 #C4D55E #D6E18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#AEC233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC233

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC233	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)

#CFB714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.162 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad475',
    500: '#aec233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec233;
$custom-light: #cad475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.392,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77352,
    "c": 0.16186,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC233

secondary

#8F85CC

accent

#46E25C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC233

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

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