#AEC72D#AEC72D

#AEC72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.171 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC72D
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 45)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 77.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -27.46, 68.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 73.51, 111.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0823 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.171 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3535, 50.0353, 10.1194)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC72D #462DC7

analogous

#C7932D #AEC72D #61C72D

triadic

#AEC72D #2DAEC7 #C72DAE

tetradic

#AEC72D #2DC793 #462DC7 #C72D61

square

#AEC72D #2DC793 #462DC7 #C72D61

split-complementary

#AEC72D #2D61C7 #932DC7

monochromatic

#576316 #829522 #AEC72D #C4D958 #D6E58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#AEC72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#AEC72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC72D

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC72D	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.171 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad873',
    500: '#aec72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec72d;
$custom-light: #cad873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.74,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78452,
    "c": 0.17062,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC72D

secondary

#352A6E

accent

#42E65C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC72D

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

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