#AEC82B#AEC82B

#AEC82B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.173 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC82B
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 43)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 78.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -28.02, 69.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 74.49, 112.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.084 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.173 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5467, 50.4819, 9.9983)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC82B #452BC8

analogous

#C8932B #AEC82B #60C82B

triadic

#AEC82B #2BAEC8 #C82BAE

tetradic

#AEC82B #2BC893 #452BC8 #C82B60

square

#AEC82B #2BC893 #452BC8 #C82B60

split-complementary

#AEC82B #2B60C8 #932BC8

monochromatic

#566315 #829620 #AEC82B #C5DB56 #D6E588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#AEC82B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#AEC82B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC82B

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC82B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC82B	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec82b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.173 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad872',
    500: '#aec82b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec82b;
$custom-light: #cad872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec82b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.936,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78669,
    "c": 0.17268,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC82B

secondary

#35296E

accent

#40E85C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC82B

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

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