#AEC931#AEC931

#AEC931 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.171 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC931
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 49)
HSL	hsl(71, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(71, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -28.24, 67.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 73.17, 112.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0842 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.171 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8974, 50.9939, 10.6988)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC931 #4C31C9

analogous

#C99831 #AEC931 #62C931

triadic

#AEC931 #31AEC9 #C931AE

tetradic

#AEC931 #31C998 #4C31C9 #C93162

square

#AEC931 #31C998 #4C31C9 #C93162

split-complementary

#AEC931 #3162C9 #9831C9

monochromatic

#596719 #839825 #AEC931 #C3D85F #D5E490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#AEC931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#AEC931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC931

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC931	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.171 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad975',
    500: '#aec931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec931;
$custom-light: #cad975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.658,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78929,
    "c": 0.17083,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC931

secondary

#392D71

accent

#44E460

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC931

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

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