#AEC357#AEC357

#AEC357 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.136 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC357
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 55.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -22.86, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 55.89, 114.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0657 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.136 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6915, 48.7172, 16.3800)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC357 #6C57C3

analogous

#C3A257 #AEC357 #78C357

triadic

#AEC357 #57AEC3 #C357AE

tetradic

#AEC357 #57C3A2 #6C57C3 #C35778

square

#AEC357 #57C3A2 #6C57C3 #C35778

split-complementary

#AEC357 #5778C3 #A257C3

monochromatic

#67762A #8EA33A #AEC357 #C4D384 #D9E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#AEC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#AEC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC357

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC357	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.136 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d58a',
    500: '#aec357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec357;
$custom-light: #c8d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77895,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC357

secondary

#ADA4D1

accent

#51D76B

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC357

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

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