#AEC159#AEC159

#AEC159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.132 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC159
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -21.70, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 54.01, 113.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0622 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.132 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3292, 47.8602, 16.6680)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC159 #6C59C1

analogous

#C1A059 #AEC159 #7AC159

triadic

#AEC159 #59AEC1 #C159AE

tetradic

#AEC159 #59C1A0 #6C59C1 #C1597A

square

#AEC159 #59C1A0 #6C59C1 #C1597A

split-complementary

#AEC159 #597AC1 #A059C1

monochromatic

#67742B #8EA13C #AEC159 #C4D286 #D9E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#AEC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC159

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC159	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.132 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d38b',
    500: '#aec159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec159;
$custom-light: #c8d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.962,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7747,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC159

secondary

#ADA5D1

accent

#53D56A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC159

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

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