#AEC234#AEC234

#AEC234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.161 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC234
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 52)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 73.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -24.74, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 69.23, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0742 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.161 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3681, 47.8306, 10.5118)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC234 #4834C2

analogous

#C28F34 #AEC234 #67C234

triadic

#AEC234 #34AEC2 #C234AE

tetradic

#AEC234 #34C28F #4834C2 #C23467

square

#AEC234 #34C28F #4834C2 #C23467

split-complementary

#AEC234 #3467C2 #8F34C2

monochromatic

#57611A #839227 #AEC234 #C4D45F #D6E18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#AEC234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC234

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC234	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.161 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad476',
    500: '#aec234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec234;
$custom-light: #cad476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.451,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77359,
    "c": 0.16128,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC234

secondary

#9086CC

accent

#47E15D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC234

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

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