#AEC657#AEC657

#AEC657 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.140 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC657
RGB	rgb(174, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(73, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 56.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -24.33, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 57.38, 115.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0698 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.14 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3704, 50.0751, 16.6064)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC657 #6F57C6

analogous

#C6A657 #AEC657 #76C657

triadic

#AEC657 #57AEC6 #C657AE

tetradic

#AEC657 #57C6A6 #6F57C6 #C65776

square

#AEC657 #57C6A6 #6F57C6 #C65776

split-complementary

#AEC657 #5776C6 #A657C6

monochromatic

#687929 #8FA739 #AEC657 #C4D685 #DAE5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#AEC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#AEC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC657

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC657	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.140 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d78a',
    500: '#aec657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec657;
$custom-light: #c8d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.973,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78569,
    "c": 0.13987,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC657

secondary

#4E3F82

accent

#4FD96D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC657

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

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