#AEC935#AEC935

#AEC935 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.169 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC935
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 53)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -28.05, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 71.91, 112.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0833 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.169 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9856, 51.0292, 11.1633)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC935 #5035C9

analogous

#C99A35 #AEC935 #64C935

triadic

#AEC935 #35AEC9 #C935AE

tetradic

#AEC935 #35C99A #5035C9 #C93564

square

#AEC935 #35C99A #5035C9 #C93564

split-complementary

#AEC935 #3564C9 #9A35C9

monochromatic

#5A681B #849928 #AEC935 #C2D665 #D5E395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#AEC935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#AEC935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC935

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC935	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.169 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad977',
    500: '#aec935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec935;
$custom-light: #cad977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.946,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78953,
    "c": 0.16863,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC935

secondary

#3C3072

accent

#46E163

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC935

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

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