#AEC43A#AEC43A

#AEC43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.160 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC43A
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 58)
HSL	hsl(70, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -25.39, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 68.04, 111.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0755 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.16 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9600, 48.7844, 11.4187)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC43A #503AC4

analogous

#C4953A #AEC43A #69C43A

triadic

#AEC43A #3AAEC4 #C43AAE

tetradic

#AEC43A #3AC495 #503AC4 #C43A69

square

#AEC43A #3AC495 #503AC4 #C43A69

split-complementary

#AEC43A #3A69C4 #953AC4

monochromatic

#5A661E #84952C #AEC43A #C2D369 #D5E098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#AEC43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#AEC43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC43A

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC43A	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.160 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d579',
    500: '#aec43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec43a;
$custom-light: #c9d579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.565,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77852,
    "c": 0.1599,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC43A

secondary

#988ECC

accent

#4ADE62

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC43A

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

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