#AEC237#AEC237

#AEC237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.159 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC237
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -24.58, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 68.22, 111.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0736 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.159 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4378, 47.8585, 10.8791)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC237 #4B37C2

analogous

#C29137 #AEC237 #69C237

triadic

#AEC237 #37AEC2 #C237AE

tetradic

#AEC237 #37C291 #4B37C2 #C23769

square

#AEC237 #37C291 #4B37C2 #C23769

split-complementary

#AEC237 #3769C2 #9137C2

monochromatic

#58631C #839229 #AEC237 #C3D363 #D5E093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#AEC237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC237

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC237	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)

#CFB81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.159 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad477',
    500: '#aec237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec237;
$custom-light: #cad477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.633,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77378,
    "c": 0.15949,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC237

secondary

#9389CB

accent

#49DF5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC237

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

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