#AEC529#AEC529

#AEC529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.170 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC529
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 41)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 79.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -26.66, 68.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 73.80, 111.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0804 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.17 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8230, 49.0916, 9.5805)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC529 #4029C5

analogous

#C58E29 #AEC529 #60C529

triadic

#AEC529 #29AEC5 #C529AE

tetradic

#AEC529 #29C58E #4029C5 #C52960

square

#AEC529 #29C58E #4029C5 #C52960

split-complementary

#AEC529 #2960C5 #8E29C5

monochromatic

#556014 #81921E #AEC529 #C6DB51 #D7E583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#AEC529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#AEC529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC529

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC529	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.170 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad671',
    500: '#aec529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec529;
$custom-light: #cad671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.846,
    "s": 65.546,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77977,
    "c": 0.1703,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC529

secondary

#887CCE

accent

#3FE858

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC529

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

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