#AEC431#AEC431

#AEC431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.165 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC431
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 49)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -25.85, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 71.04, 111.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0776 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.165 118)
XYZ	xyz(37.7507, 48.7006, 10.3166)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC431 #4731C4

analogous

#C49131 #AEC431 #64C431

triadic

#AEC431 #31AEC4 #C431AE

tetradic

#AEC431 #31C491 #4731C4 #C43164

square

#AEC431 #31C491 #4731C4 #C43164

split-complementary

#AEC431 #3164C4 #9131C4

monochromatic

#576219 #839325 #AEC431 #C4D65C #D6E28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#AEC431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#AEC431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC431

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC431	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B90D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.165 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad574',
    500: '#aec431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec431;
$custom-light: #cad574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.98,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77793,
    "c": 0.1652,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC431

secondary

#8F84CD

accent

#45E35C

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC431

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

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