#AEC43D#AEC43D

#AEC43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.158 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC43D
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 61)
HSL	hsl(70, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -25.23, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 66.97, 112.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0748 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.158 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0386, 48.8158, 11.8325)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC43D #533DC4

analogous

#C4973D #AEC43D #6AC43D

triadic

#AEC43D #3DAEC4 #C43DAE

tetradic

#AEC43D #3DC497 #533DC4 #C43D6A

square

#AEC43D #3DC497 #533DC4 #C43D6A

split-complementary

#AEC43D #3D6AC4 #973DC4

monochromatic

#5C671F #85962E #AEC43D #C2D26C #D5E19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#AEC43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#AEC43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC43D

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC43D	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)

#D1B928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.158 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d57a',
    500: '#aec43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec43d;
$custom-light: #c9d57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.778,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77874,
    "c": 0.15795,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC43D

secondary

#9A90CD

accent

#4BDD63

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC43D

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

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