#AEC437#AEC437

#AEC437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; 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	#AEC437
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -25.55, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 69.08, 111.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0762 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.162 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8859, 48.7547, 11.0285)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC437 #4D37C4

analogous

#C49437 #AEC437 #68C437

triadic

#AEC437 #37AEC4 #C437AE

tetradic

#AEC437 #37C494 #4D37C4 #C43768

square

#AEC437 #37C494 #4D37C4 #C43768

split-complementary

#AEC437 #3768C4 #9437C4

monochromatic

#59641C #84942A #AEC437 #C2D465 #D5E194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#AEC437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#AEC437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC437

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC437	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)

#D1B91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.162 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad577',
    500: '#aec437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec437;
$custom-light: #cad577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.362,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77831,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC437

secondary

#958BCC

accent

#48DF60

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC437

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

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