#AEC461#AEC461

#AEC461 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.128 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC461
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(73, 46%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(73, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 50.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -22.44, 46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 51.86, 115.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0635 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.128 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3535, 49.3417, 18.7577)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC461 #7761C4

analogous

#C4A861 #AEC461 #7DC461

triadic

#AEC461 #61AEC4 #C461AE

tetradic

#AEC461 #61C4A8 #7761C4 #C4617D

square

#AEC461 #61C4A8 #7761C4 #C4617D

split-complementary

#AEC461 #617DC4 #A861C4

monochromatic

#6B7C2E #91A93F #AEC461 #C5D58E #DCE5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#AEC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#AEC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC461

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC461	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.128 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d590',
    500: '#aec461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec461;
$custom-light: #c8d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 45.622,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78241,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC461

secondary

#B5ACD4

accent

#53D570

background

#FCFDF9

surface

#F8FAF1

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140D

muted

#82837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC461

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

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