#AEC249#AEC249

#AEC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.147 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC249
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -23.48, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 61.40, 112.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0688 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.147 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9506, 48.0636, 13.5800)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC249 #5D49C2

analogous

#C29949 #AEC249 #72C249

triadic

#AEC249 #49AEC2 #C249AE

tetradic

#AEC249 #49C299 #5D49C2 #C24972

square

#AEC249 #49C299 #5D49C2 #C24972

split-complementary

#AEC249 #4972C2 #9949C2

monochromatic

#606C24 #899A34 #AEC249 #C2D177 #D7E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#AEC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#AEC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC249

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC249	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.147 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d481',
    500: '#aec249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec249;
$custom-light: #c9d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.917,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77524,
    "c": 0.14681,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC249

secondary

#A299CE

accent

#4ED965

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC249

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

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