#AEC23B#AEC23B

#AEC23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.157 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC23B
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 69.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -24.37, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 66.81, 111.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0726 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.157 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5376, 47.8984, 11.4047)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC23B #4F3BC2

analogous

#C2933B #AEC23B #6AC23B

triadic

#AEC23B #3BAEC2 #C23BAE

tetradic

#AEC23B #3BC293 #4F3BC2 #C23B6A

square

#AEC23B #3BC293 #4F3BC2 #C23B6A

split-complementary

#AEC23B #3B6AC2 #933BC2

monochromatic

#5A641E #84932D #AEC23B #C2D169 #D5E098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#AEC23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#AEC23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC23B

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC23B	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	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)

#CFB825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.157 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d479',
    500: '#aec23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec23b;
$custom-light: #c9d479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77407,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC23B

secondary

#978ECB

accent

#4BDD61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC23B

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

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