#AEC342#AEC342

#AEC342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.153 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC342
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -24.44, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 64.65, 112.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0721 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.153 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9548, 48.4226, 12.5002)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC342 #5742C3

analogous

#C39742 #AEC342 #6DC342

triadic

#AEC342 #42AEC3 #C342AE

tetradic

#AEC342 #42C397 #5742C3 #C3426D

square

#AEC342 #42C397 #5742C3 #C3426D

split-complementary

#AEC342 #426DC3 #9742C3

monochromatic

#5E6921 #879830 #AEC342 #C2D270 #D6E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#AEC342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#AEC342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC342

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC342	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.153 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d57d',
    500: '#aec342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec342;
$custom-light: #c9d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.767,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77687,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC342

secondary

#9D94CD

accent

#4DDB64

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC342

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

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