#AEC299#AEC299

#AEC299 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.060 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC299
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(89, 25%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(89, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 21.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -14.21, 18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 23.24, 127.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0379 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.06 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4962, 49.8819, 37.5201)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC299 #AD99C2

analogous

#C2C199 #AEC299 #99C299

triadic

#AEC299 #99AEC2 #C299AE

tetradic

#AEC299 #99C2C1 #AD99C2 #C29999

square

#AEC299 #99C2C1 #AD99C2 #C29999

split-complementary

#AEC299 #9999C2 #C199C2

monochromatic

#718D54 #90AB73 #AEC299 #CCD9BF #EBF0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#AEC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#AEC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC299

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC299	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.060 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d4b7',
    500: '#aec299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec299;
$custom-light: #c6d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.268,
    "s": 25.153,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78798,
    "c": 0.06043,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC299

secondary

#DBD5E2

accent

#42A472

background

#FCFDFB

surface

#F8FAF6

border

#D1D3D0

text

#131411

muted

#828380

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC299

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

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