#AEC236#AEC236

#AEC236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.160 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC236
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -24.64, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 68.56, 111.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0738 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.16 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4141, 47.8490, 10.7541)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC236 #4A36C2

analogous

#C29036 #AEC236 #68C236

triadic

#AEC236 #36AEC2 #C236AE

tetradic

#AEC236 #36C290 #4A36C2 #C23668

square

#AEC236 #36C290 #4A36C2 #C23668

split-complementary

#AEC236 #3668C2 #9036C2

monochromatic

#58621B #839229 #AEC236 #C3D362 #D5E192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#AEC236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC236

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC236	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)

#CFB71B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.160 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad477',
    500: '#aec236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec236;
$custom-light: #cad477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77372,
    "c": 0.1601,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC236

secondary

#9288CC

accent

#48E05E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC236

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

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