#AEC656#AEC656

#AEC656 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.141 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC656
RGB	rgb(174, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(73, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -24.42, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 57.81, 114.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0701 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.141 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3298, 50.0589, 16.3927)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC656 #6E56C6

analogous

#C6A656 #AEC656 #76C656

triadic

#AEC656 #56AEC6 #C656AE

tetradic

#AEC656 #56C6A6 #6E56C6 #C65676

square

#AEC656 #56C6A6 #6E56C6 #C65676

split-complementary

#AEC656 #5676C6 #A656C6

monochromatic

#687929 #8FA738 #AEC656 #C4D584 #DAE5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#AEC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#AEC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC656

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC656	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.141 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d789',
    500: '#aec656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec656;
$custom-light: #c8d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78558,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC656

secondary

#4D3F81

accent

#4FD96C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC656

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

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