#AEC43B#AEC43B

#AEC43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.159 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC43B
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 59)
HSL	hsl(70, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -25.34, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 67.69, 111.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0753 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.159 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9857, 48.7946, 11.5540)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC43B #513BC4

analogous

#C4953B #AEC43B #6AC43B

triadic

#AEC43B #3BAEC4 #C43BAE

tetradic

#AEC43B #3BC495 #513BC4 #C43B6A

square

#AEC43B #3BC495 #513BC4 #C43B6A

split-complementary

#AEC43B #3B6AC4 #953BC4

monochromatic

#5A661F #84952D #AEC43B #C1D26A #D5E099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#AEC43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#AEC43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC43B

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC43B	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)

#D1B924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.159 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d579',
    500: '#aec43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec43b;
$custom-light: #c9d579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.635,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77859,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC43B

secondary

#998FCC

accent

#4BDD62

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC43B

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

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