#AEC561#AEC561

#AEC561 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.129 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC561
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(74, 46%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(74, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 50.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -22.93, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 52.37, 115.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0649 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.129 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5798, 49.7944, 18.8331)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC561 #7861C5

analogous

#C5AA61 #AEC561 #7CC561

triadic

#AEC561 #61AEC5 #C561AE

tetradic

#AEC561 #61C5AA #7861C5 #C5617C

square

#AEC561 #61C5AA #7861C5 #C5617C

split-complementary

#AEC561 #617CC5 #AA61C5

monochromatic

#6B7E2E #91AA3F #AEC561 #C5D58E #DCE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#AEC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#AEC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC561

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC561	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.129 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d690',
    500: '#aec561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec561;
$custom-light: #c8d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.8,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78466,
    "c": 0.12912,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC561

secondary

#B6ADD5

accent

#52D670

background

#FCFDF9

surface

#F8FAF1

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140D

muted

#82837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC561

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

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