#AEC336#AEC336

#AEC336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.161 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC336
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -25.12, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 68.99, 111.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0751 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.161 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6374, 48.2956, 10.8286)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC336 #4B36C3

analogous

#C39236 #AEC336 #68C336

triadic

#AEC336 #36AEC3 #C336AE

tetradic

#AEC336 #36C392 #4B36C3 #C33668

square

#AEC336 #36C392 #4B36C3 #C33668

split-complementary

#AEC336 #3668C3 #9236C3

monochromatic

#58631B #839329 #AEC336 #C3D463 #D5E192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#AEC336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#AEC336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC336

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC336	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.161 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad577',
    500: '#aec336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec336;
$custom-light: #cad577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.936,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77598,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC336

secondary

#9389CC

accent

#48E05F

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC336

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

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