#AEC557#AEC557

#AEC557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.139 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC557
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(73, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -23.84, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 56.88, 114.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0684 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.139 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1426, 49.6195, 16.5304)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC557 #6E57C5

analogous

#C5A557 #AEC557 #77C557

triadic

#AEC557 #57AEC5 #C557AE

tetradic

#AEC557 #57C5A5 #6E57C5 #C55777

square

#AEC557 #57C5A5 #6E57C5 #C55777

split-complementary

#AEC557 #5777C5 #A557C5

monochromatic

#687829 #8FA639 #AEC557 #C4D584 #DAE4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#AEC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#AEC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC557

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC557	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.139 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d68a',
    500: '#aec557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec557;
$custom-light: #c8d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.545,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78344,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC557

secondary

#AFA5D3

accent

#50D86C

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC557

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

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