#AEC72E#AEC72E

#AEC72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.170 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC72E
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 46)
HSL	hsl(70, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 76.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -27.42, 67.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 73.22, 111.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0821 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.17 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3730, 50.0431, 10.2220)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC72E #472EC7

analogous

#C7932E #AEC72E #61C72E

triadic

#AEC72E #2EAEC7 #C72EAE

tetradic

#AEC72E #2EC793 #472EC7 #C72E61

square

#AEC72E #2EC793 #472EC7 #C72E61

split-complementary

#AEC72E #2E61C7 #932EC7

monochromatic

#576417 #839523 #AEC72E #C4D959 #D6E48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#AEC72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#AEC72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC72E

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC72E	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)

#D1BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.170 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad873',
    500: '#aec72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec72e;
$custom-light: #cad873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.804,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78457,
    "c": 0.17012,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC72E

secondary

#362B6E

accent

#42E65D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC72E

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

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