#AEC53E#AEC53E

#AEC53E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.158 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC53E
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 62)
HSL	hsl(70, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -25.65, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 67.05, 112.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0759 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.158 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2921, 49.2793, 12.0511)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC53E #553EC5

analogous

#C5983E #AEC53E #6AC53E

triadic

#AEC53E #3EAEC5 #C53EAE

tetradic

#AEC53E #3EC598 #553EC5 #C53E6A

square

#AEC53E #3EC598 #553EC5 #C53E6A

split-complementary

#AEC53E #3E6AC5 #983EC5

monochromatic

#5D6920 #86982E #AEC53E #C2D36D #D5E19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#AEC53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#AEC53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC53E

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC53E	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.158 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d67b',
    500: '#aec53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec53e;
$custom-light: #c9d67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.222,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78108,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC53E

secondary

#9C91CD

accent

#4BDD64

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC53E

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

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