#AEC43E#AEC43E

#AEC43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.157 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC43E
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 62)
HSL	hsl(70, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -25.17, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 66.60, 112.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0745 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.157 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0658, 48.8267, 11.9757)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC43E #543EC4

analogous

#C4973E #AEC43E #6BC43E

triadic

#AEC43E #3EAEC4 #C43EAE

tetradic

#AEC43E #3EC497 #543EC4 #C43E6B

square

#AEC43E #3EC497 #543EC4 #C43E6B

split-complementary

#AEC43E #3E6BC4 #973EC4

monochromatic

#5C6820 #86972E #AEC43E #C2D26D #D5E19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#AEC43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#AEC43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC43E

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC43E	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.157 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d57b',
    500: '#aec43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec43e;
$custom-light: #c9d57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.851,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77881,
    "c": 0.15728,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC43E

secondary

#9B91CD

accent

#4BDD63

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC43E

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

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