#AEC243#AEC243

#AEC243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.151 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC243
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 67)
HSL	hsl(69, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 65.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -23.88, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 63.80, 111.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0705 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.151 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7612, 47.9879, 12.5824)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC243 #5743C2

analogous

#C29643 #AEC243 #6EC243

triadic

#AEC243 #43AEC2 #C243AE

tetradic

#AEC243 #43C296 #5743C2 #C2436E

square

#AEC243 #43C296 #5743C2 #C2436E

split-complementary

#AEC243 #436EC2 #9643C2

monochromatic

#5E6922 #879731 #AEC243 #C2D171 #D6E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#AEC243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#AEC243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC243

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC243	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.151 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d47e',
    500: '#aec243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec243;
$custom-light: #c9d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.449,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7747,
    "c": 0.1514,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC243

secondary

#9D94CC

accent

#4DDA64

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC243

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

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