#AEC530#AEC530

#AEC530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.167 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC530
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 48)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 75.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -26.37, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 71.78, 111.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0791 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.167 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9562, 49.1449, 10.2821)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC530 #4730C5

analogous

#C59130 #AEC530 #63C530

triadic

#AEC530 #30AEC5 #C530AE

tetradic

#AEC530 #30C591 #4730C5 #C53063

square

#AEC530 #30C591 #4730C5 #C53063

split-complementary

#AEC530 #3063C5 #9130C5

monochromatic

#576318 #839424 #AEC530 #C4D75B #D6E38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#AEC530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#AEC530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC530

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC530	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.167 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad674',
    500: '#aec530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec530;
$custom-light: #cad674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.262,
    "s": 60.816,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78014,
    "c": 0.16685,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC530

secondary

#8F84CD

accent

#44E45D

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC530

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

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