#AEC23A#AEC23A

#AEC23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.158 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC23A
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 58)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 70.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -24.42, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 67.17, 111.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0728 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.158 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5119, 47.8881, 11.2694)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC23A #4E3AC2

analogous

#C2923A #AEC23A #6AC23A

triadic

#AEC23A #3AAEC2 #C23AAE

tetradic

#AEC23A #3AC292 #4E3AC2 #C23A6A

square

#AEC23A #3AC292 #4E3AC2 #C23A6A

split-complementary

#AEC23A #3A6AC2 #923AC2

monochromatic

#59641E #84932C #AEC23A #C2D267 #D5E097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#AEC23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC23A

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC23A	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.158 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d479',
    500: '#aec23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec23a;
$custom-light: #c9d479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77399,
    "c": 0.15761,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC23A

secondary

#968DCB

accent

#4ADD60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC23A

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

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