#AEC531#AEC531

#AEC531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.166 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC531
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 49)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -26.33, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 71.47, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0789 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.166 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9770, 49.1533, 10.3920)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC531 #4831C5

analogous

#C59231 #AEC531 #64C531

triadic

#AEC531 #31AEC5 #C531AE

tetradic

#AEC531 #31C592 #4831C5 #C53164

square

#AEC531 #31C592 #4831C5 #C53164

split-complementary

#AEC531 #3164C5 #9231C5

monochromatic

#576319 #839425 #AEC531 #C4D75D #D6E38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#AEC531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#AEC531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC531

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC531	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)

#D2BA0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.166 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad675',
    500: '#aec531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec531;
$custom-light: #cad675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.324,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7802,
    "c": 0.16632,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC531

secondary

#9085CD

accent

#44E35D

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC531

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

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