#AEC72A#AEC72A

#AEC72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.172 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC72A
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 42)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(70, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -27.58, 69.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 74.35, 111.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0829 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.172 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2978, 50.0130, 9.8260)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC72A #432AC7

analogous

#C7912A #AEC72A #60C72A

triadic

#AEC72A #2AAEC7 #C72AAE

tetradic

#AEC72A #2AC791 #432AC7 #C72A60

square

#AEC72A #2AC791 #432AC7 #C72A60

split-complementary

#AEC72A #2A60C7 #912AC7

monochromatic

#566215 #82941F #AEC72A #C5DB53 #D6E586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#AEC72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#AEC72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC72A

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC72A	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.172 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad872',
    500: '#aec72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec72a;
$custom-light: #cad872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.554,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78436,
    "c": 0.17204,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC72A

secondary

#33296D

accent

#40E85B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC72A

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

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