#AEC53B#AEC53B

#AEC53B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.160 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC53B
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(70, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -25.82, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 68.13, 112.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0766 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.16 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2120, 49.2472, 11.6295)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC53B #523BC5

analogous

#C5973B #AEC53B #69C53B

triadic

#AEC53B #3BAEC5 #C53BAE

tetradic

#AEC53B #3BC597 #523BC5 #C53B69

square

#AEC53B #3BC597 #523BC5 #C53B69

split-complementary

#AEC53B #3B69C5 #973BC5

monochromatic

#5B671F #85962C #AEC53B #C2D36A #D5E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#AEC53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#AEC53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC53B

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC53B	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.160 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d67a',
    500: '#aec53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec53b;
$custom-light: #c9d67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78085,
    "c": 0.16042,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC53B

secondary

#998FCD

accent

#4ADE63

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC53B

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

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