#AEC257#AEC257

#AEC257 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.135 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC257
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -22.37, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 55.40, 113.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0643 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.135 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4681, 48.2706, 16.3056)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC257 #6B57C2

analogous

#C2A157 #AEC257 #78C257

triadic

#AEC257 #57AEC2 #C257AE

tetradic

#AEC257 #57C2A1 #6B57C2 #C25778

square

#AEC257 #57C2A1 #6B57C2 #C25778

split-complementary

#AEC257 #5778C2 #A157C2

monochromatic

#67742A #8EA13B #AEC257 #C4D284 #D9E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#AEC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#AEC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC257

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC257	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)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.135 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d48a',
    500: '#aec257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec257;
$custom-light: #c8d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.215,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7767,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC257

secondary

#ACA4D1

accent

#51D66A

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC257

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

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