#AEC253#AEC253

#AEC253 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.138 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC253
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(71, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 57.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -22.71, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 57.17, 113.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0656 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.138 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3092, 48.2071, 15.4687)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC253 #6753C2

analogous

#C29F53 #AEC253 #77C253

triadic

#AEC253 #53AEC2 #C253AE

tetradic

#AEC253 #53C29F #6753C2 #C25377

square

#AEC253 #53C29F #6753C2 #C25377

split-complementary

#AEC253 #5377C2 #9F53C2

monochromatic

#657228 #8D9F38 #AEC253 #C3D280 #D9E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#AEC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#AEC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC253

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC253	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.138 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d487',
    500: '#aec253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec253;
$custom-light: #c8d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.811,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77625,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC253

secondary

#A9A1D0

accent

#51D769

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F9FAF0

border

#D2D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC253

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

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