#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
RGBrgb(174, 201, 65)
HSLhsl(72, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(72, 68%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(13.4%, 0%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.77, -27.39, 61.97)
CIE-LCHlch(76.77, 67.75, 113.85°)
OKLaboklab(79.04% -0.0804 0.1396)
OKLCHoklch(79.04% 0.161 120)
XYZxyz(39.2970, 51.1538, 12.8035)
Luminance0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

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
##AEC9411.001.8711.2311.23
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2321.001.001.00
##00000011.2321.001.001.00

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

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#AEC941 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva