#AEC456#AEC456

#AEC456 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.138 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC456
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -23.44, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 56.83, 114.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0674 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.138 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8757, 49.1506, 16.2413)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC456 #6C56C4

analogous

#C4A356 #AEC456 #77C456

triadic

#AEC456 #56AEC4 #C456AE

tetradic

#AEC456 #56C4A3 #6C56C4 #C45677

square

#AEC456 #56C4A3 #6C56C4 #C45677

split-complementary

#AEC456 #5677C4 #A356C4

monochromatic

#677629 #8EA439 #AEC456 #C4D483 #D9E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#AEC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#AEC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC456

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC456	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.138 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d589',
    500: '#aec456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec456;
$custom-light: #c8d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78108,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC456

secondary

#ADA4D2

accent

#50D86B

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC456

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

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