#AEC178#AEC178

#AEC178 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.099 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC178
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 120)
HSL	hsl(76, 37%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(76, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 37.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -18.40, 34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 39.21, 117.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0504 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.099 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9156, 48.4947, 25.0233)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC178 #8B78C1

analogous

#C1B078 #AEC178 #8AC178

triadic

#AEC178 #78AEC1 #C178AE

tetradic

#AEC178 #78C1B0 #8B78C1 #C1788A

square

#AEC178 #78C1B0 #8B78C1 #C1788A

split-complementary

#AEC178 #788AC1 #B078C1

monochromatic

#70833C #94AD4F #AEC178 #C7D4A2 #E0E8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#AEC178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#AEC178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC178

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC178	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.099 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d3a0',
    500: '#aec178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec178;
$custom-light: #c7d3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.616,
    "s": 37.056,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77919,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC178

secondary

#C4BDD8

accent

#36B055

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F9F2

border

#D1D2CC

text

#13140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC178

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

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