#AEC23E#AEC23E

#AEC23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.155 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC23E
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 62)
HSL	hsl(69, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 68%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -24.19, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 65.71, 111.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0718 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.155 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6176, 47.9304, 11.8263)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC23E #523EC2

analogous

#C2943E #AEC23E #6CC23E

triadic

#AEC23E #3EAEC2 #C23EAE

tetradic

#AEC23E #3EC294 #523EC2 #C23E6C

square

#AEC23E #3EC294 #523EC2 #C23E6C

split-complementary

#AEC23E #3E6CC2 #943EC2

monochromatic

#5B6620 #85942F #AEC23E #C2D16D #D5DF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#AEC23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#AEC23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC23E

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC23E	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.155 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d47b',
    500: '#aec23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec23e;
$custom-light: #c9d47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77429,
    "c": 0.15495,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC23E

secondary

#9990CB

accent

#4CDB62

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC23E

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

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