#AEC162#AEC162

#AEC162 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.123 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC162
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(72, 43%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(72, 49%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 49.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -20.86, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 49.86, 114.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.059 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.123 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7305, 48.0207, 18.7815)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC162 #7562C1

analogous

#C1A562 #AEC162 #7FC162

triadic

#AEC162 #62AEC1 #C162AE

tetradic

#AEC162 #62C1A5 #7562C1 #C1627F

square

#AEC162 #62C1A5 #7562C1 #C1627F

split-complementary

#AEC162 #627FC1 #A562C1

monochromatic

#6A7930 #91A541 #AEC162 #C5D28E #DBE4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#AEC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#AEC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC162

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC162	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)

#CCB85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.123 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d391',
    500: '#aec162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec162;
$custom-light: #c8d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77584,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC162

secondary

#B4ACD3

accent

#55D36E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F9F1

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC162

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

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