#AEC246#AEC246

#AEC246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.149 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC246
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 70)
HSL	hsl(70, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 63.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -23.69, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 62.62, 112.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0696 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.149 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8536, 48.0248, 13.0687)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC246 #5A46C2

analogous

#C29846 #AEC246 #70C246

triadic

#AEC246 #46AEC2 #C246AE

tetradic

#AEC246 #46C298 #5A46C2 #C24670

square

#AEC246 #46C298 #5A46C2 #C24670

split-complementary

#AEC246 #4670C2 #9846C2

monochromatic

#5F6A23 #889932 #AEC246 #C2D174 #D6E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#AEC246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#AEC246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC246

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC246	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)

#CEB836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.149 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d47f',
    500: '#aec246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec246;
$custom-light: #c9d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77496,
    "c": 0.14915,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC246

secondary

#9F97CD

accent

#4EDA64

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC246

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

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