#AEC059#AEC059

#AEC059 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.130 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC059
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 53.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -21.21, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 53.51, 113.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0608 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.13 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1089, 47.4195, 16.5945)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC059 #6B59C0

analogous

#C09E59 #AEC059 #7BC059

triadic

#AEC059 #59AEC0 #C059AE

tetradic

#AEC059 #59C09E #6B59C0 #C0597B

square

#AEC059 #59C09E #6B59C0 #C0597B

split-complementary

#AEC059 #597BC0 #9E59C0

monochromatic

#67732C #8E9F3C #AEC059 #C4D185 #D9E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#AEC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#AEC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC059

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC059	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.130 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d38b',
    500: '#aec059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec059;
$custom-light: #c8d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.485,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77246,
    "c": 0.13038,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC059

secondary

#ACA5D0

accent

#53D56A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC059

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

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