#AEC536#AEC536

#AEC536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.163 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC536
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 54)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -26.09, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 69.85, 111.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0778 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.163 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0885, 49.1978, 10.9789)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC536 #4D36C5

analogous

#C59536 #AEC536 #67C536

triadic

#AEC536 #36AEC5 #C536AE

tetradic

#AEC536 #36C595 #4D36C5 #C53667

square

#AEC536 #36C595 #4D36C5 #C53667

split-complementary

#AEC536 #3667C5 #9536C5

monochromatic

#59651C #849529 #AEC536 #C2D464 #D5E294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#AEC536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#AEC536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC536

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC536	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.163 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad677',
    500: '#aec536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec536;
$custom-light: #cad677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.65,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78051,
    "c": 0.16349,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC536

secondary

#958ACD

accent

#48E060

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC536

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

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