#AEC256#AEC256

#AEC256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.136 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC256
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -22.46, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 55.84, 113.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0646 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.136 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4276, 48.2544, 16.0919)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC256 #6A56C2

analogous

#C2A056 #AEC256 #78C256

triadic

#AEC256 #56AEC2 #C256AE

tetradic

#AEC256 #56C2A0 #6A56C2 #C25678

square

#AEC256 #56C2A0 #6A56C2 #C25678

split-complementary

#AEC256 #5678C2 #A056C2

monochromatic

#66742A #8EA13A #AEC256 #C4D283 #D9E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#AEC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#AEC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC256

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC256	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)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.136 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d489',
    500: '#aec256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec256;
$custom-light: #c8d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.111,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77659,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC256

secondary

#ACA3D1

accent

#51D76A

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC256

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

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