#AEC53C#AEC53C

#AEC53C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.160 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC53C
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 60)
HSL	hsl(70, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -25.77, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 67.77, 112.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0764 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.16 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2382, 49.2577, 11.7674)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC53C #533CC5

analogous

#C5973C #AEC53C #69C53C

triadic

#AEC53C #3CAEC5 #C53CAE

tetradic

#AEC53C #3CC597 #533CC5 #C53C69

square

#AEC53C #3CC597 #533CC5 #C53C69

split-complementary

#AEC53C #3C69C5 #973CC5

monochromatic

#5C681F #85972D #AEC53C #C2D36B #D5E19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#AEC53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#AEC53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC53C

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC53C	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)

#D2BA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.160 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d67a',
    500: '#aec53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec53c;
$custom-light: #c9d67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.073,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78093,
    "c": 0.15976,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC53C

secondary

#9A90CD

accent

#4ADE63

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC53C

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

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