#AEC451#AEC451

#AEC451 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.143 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC451
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(71, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -23.85, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 59.00, 113.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.069 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.143 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6812, 49.0728, 15.2172)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC451 #6751C4

analogous

#C4A051 #AEC451 #75C451

triadic

#AEC451 #51AEC4 #C451AE

tetradic

#AEC451 #51C4A0 #6751C4 #C45175

square

#AEC451 #51C4A0 #6751C4 #C45175

split-complementary

#AEC451 #5175C4 #A051C4

monochromatic

#657327 #8DA137 #AEC451 #C3D37F #D9E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#AEC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#AEC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC451

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC451	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.143 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d586',
    500: '#aec451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec451;
$custom-light: #c9d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.478,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78054,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC451

secondary

#A9A0D1

accent

#4FD969

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F9FAF0

border

#D2D3CB

text

#13140B

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC451

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

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