#AEC941#AEC941

#AEC941 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.161 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC941
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 65)
HSL	hsl(72, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -27.39, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 67.75, 113.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0804 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.161 120)
XYZ	xyz(39.2970, 51.1538, 12.8035)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC941 #5C41C9

analogous

#C9A041 #AEC941 #6AC941

triadic

#AEC941 #41AEC9 #C941AE

tetradic

#AEC941 #41C9A0 #5C41C9 #C9416A

square

#AEC941 #41C9A0 #5C41C9 #C9416A

split-complementary

#AEC941 #416AC9 #A041C9

monochromatic

#607020 #899F2D #AEC941 #C2D771 #D7E4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#AEC941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#AEC941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC941

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC941	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.161 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d97d',
    500: '#aec941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec941;
$custom-light: #c9d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.912,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79038,
    "c": 0.1611,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.51154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC941

secondary

#433579

accent

#49DF67

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC941

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

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