#AEC462#AEC462

#AEC462 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.127 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC462
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(73, 45%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(73, 50%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 50%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -22.34, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 51.40, 115.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0631 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.127 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4004, 49.3605, 19.0048)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC462 #7862C4

analogous

#C4A962 #AEC462 #7DC462

triadic

#AEC462 #62AEC4 #C462AE

tetradic

#AEC462 #62C4A9 #7862C4 #C4627D

square

#AEC462 #62C4A9 #7862C4 #C4627D

split-complementary

#AEC462 #627DC4 #A962C4

monochromatic

#6B7D2F #92A940 #AEC462 #C5D58E #DCE5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#AEC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#AEC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC462

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC462	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)

#CEBB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.127 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d591',
    500: '#aec462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec462;
$custom-light: #c8d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.469,
    "s": 45.37,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78255,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC462

secondary

#B6ADD5

accent

#53D570

background

#FCFDF9

surface

#F8FAF1

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140D

muted

#82837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC462

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

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