#AEC436#AEC436

#AEC436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.162 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC436
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -25.61, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 69.42, 111.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0765 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.162 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8622, 48.7452, 10.9035)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC436 #4C36C4

analogous

#C49336 #AEC436 #67C436

triadic

#AEC436 #36AEC4 #C436AE

tetradic

#AEC436 #36C493 #4C36C4 #C43667

square

#AEC436 #36C493 #4C36C4 #C43667

split-complementary

#AEC436 #3667C4 #9336C4

monochromatic

#59641C #839429 #AEC436 #C3D463 #D5E193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#AEC436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#AEC436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC436

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC436	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.162 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad577',
    500: '#aec436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec436;
$custom-light: #cad577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.296,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77824,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC436

secondary

#9489CC

accent

#48E05F

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC436

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

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