#AEC459#AEC459

#AEC459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.135 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC459
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(72, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -23.18, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 55.50, 114.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0664 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.135 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9991, 49.2000, 16.8913)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC459 #6F59C4

analogous

#C4A459 #AEC459 #78C459

triadic

#AEC459 #59AEC4 #C459AE

tetradic

#AEC459 #59C4A4 #6F59C4 #C45978

square

#AEC459 #59C4A4 #6F59C4 #C45978

split-complementary

#AEC459 #5978C4 #A459C4

monochromatic

#68782B #8FA53B #AEC459 #C4D486 #DAE4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#AEC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#AEC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC459

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC459	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.135 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d58b',
    500: '#aec459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec459;
$custom-light: #c8d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.336,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78143,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC459

secondary

#AFA6D3

accent

#51D76C

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC459

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

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