#AEC397#AEC397

#AEC397 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.065 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC397
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 151)
HSL	hsl(89, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(89, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 22.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -15.03, 19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 24.85, 127.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0402 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.065 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5557, 50.2630, 36.7319)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC397 #AC97C3

analogous

#C3C297 #AEC397 #98C397

triadic

#AEC397 #97AEC3 #C397AE

tetradic

#AEC397 #97C3C2 #AC97C3 #C39798

square

#AEC397 #97C3C2 #AC97C3 #C39798

split-complementary

#AEC397 #9798C3 #C297C3

monochromatic

#718E52 #90AD70 #AEC397 #CCD9BE #EAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#AEC397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#AEC397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC397

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC397	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.065 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d5b5',
    500: '#aec397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec397;
$custom-light: #c6d5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.636,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7897,
    "c": 0.06451,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC397

secondary

#7E6797

accent

#40A570

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF8

border

#D2D4D1

text

#131411

muted

#828381

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC397

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

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