#AEC161#AEC161

#AEC161 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.124 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC161
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(72, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(72, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -20.95, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 50.33, 114.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0593 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.124 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6836, 48.0019, 18.5344)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC161 #7461C1

analogous

#C1A461 #AEC161 #7EC161

triadic

#AEC161 #61AEC1 #C161AE

tetradic

#AEC161 #61C1A4 #7461C1 #C1617E

square

#AEC161 #61C1A4 #7461C1 #C1617E

split-complementary

#AEC161 #617EC1 #A461C1

monochromatic

#6A782F #91A440 #AEC161 #C5D28D #DBE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#AEC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#AEC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC161

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC161	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.124 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d390',
    500: '#aec161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec161;
$custom-light: #c8d390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.875,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7757,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC161

secondary

#B3ABD2

accent

#54D36E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F9F1

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC161

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

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