#AEC255#AEC255

#AEC255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.137 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC255
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -22.54, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 56.29, 113.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0649 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.137 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3876, 48.2384, 15.8812)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC255 #6955C2

analogous

#C29F55 #AEC255 #78C255

triadic

#AEC255 #55AEC2 #C255AE

tetradic

#AEC255 #55C29F #6955C2 #C25578

square

#AEC255 #55C29F #6955C2 #C25578

split-complementary

#AEC255 #5578C2 #9F55C2

monochromatic

#667329 #8DA03A #AEC255 #C3D282 #D9E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#AEC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#AEC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC255

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC255	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.137 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d488',
    500: '#aec255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec255;
$custom-light: #c8d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.009,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77648,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC255

secondary

#ABA2D0

accent

#51D76A

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC255

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

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