#AEC235#AEC235

#AEC235 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	#AEC235
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 53)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 72.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -24.69, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 68.90, 111.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.074 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.161 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3908, 47.8397, 10.6317)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC235 #4935C2

analogous

#C28F35 #AEC235 #67C235

triadic

#AEC235 #35AEC2 #C235AE

tetradic

#AEC235 #35C28F #4935C2 #C23567

square

#AEC235 #35C28F #4935C2 #C23567

split-complementary

#AEC235 #3567C2 #8F35C2

monochromatic

#58621B #839228 #AEC235 #C3D460 #D5E191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#AEC235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC235

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC235	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)

#CFB719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.161 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad476',
    500: '#aec235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec235;
$custom-light: #cad476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.511,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77365,
    "c": 0.16069,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC235

secondary

#9187CC

accent

#47E05D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC235

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

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