#AEC596#AEC596

#AEC596 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.069 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC596
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(89, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(89, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -16.21, 21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 26.57, 127.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0435 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.069 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9260, 51.1328, 36.4564)
Luminance	0.5113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC596 #AD96C5

analogous

#C5C496 #AEC596 #96C596

triadic

#AEC596 #96AEC5 #C596AE

tetradic

#AEC596 #96C5C4 #AD96C5 #C59696

square

#AEC596 #96C5C4 #AD96C5 #C59696

split-complementary

#AEC596 #9696C5 #C496C5

monochromatic

#719150 #90AF6F #AEC596 #CCDBBD #EBF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#AEC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#AEC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC596

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC596	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.069 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d6b5',
    500: '#aec596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec596;
$custom-light: #c6d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.362,
    "s": 28.834,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79385,
    "c": 0.06896,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC596

secondary

#7F6699

accent

#3EA772

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF8

border

#D2D4D1

text

#131411

muted

#828381

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC596

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

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