#AEC537#AEC537

#AEC537 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	#AEC537
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -26.04, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 69.52, 112.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0776 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.163 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1122, 49.2073, 11.1039)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC537 #4E37C5

analogous

#C59537 #AEC537 #67C537

triadic

#AEC537 #37AEC5 #C537AE

tetradic

#AEC537 #37C595 #4E37C5 #C53767

square

#AEC537 #37C595 #4E37C5 #C53767

split-complementary

#AEC537 #3767C5 #9537C5

monochromatic

#59651C #84952A #AEC537 #C2D465 #D5E195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#AEC537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#AEC537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC537

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC537	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)

#D2BA1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.163 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad677',
    500: '#aec537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec537;
$custom-light: #cad677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.718,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78058,
    "c": 0.1629,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC537

secondary

#968BCD

accent

#48E061

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC537

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

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