#AEC73A#AEC73A

#AEC73A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.163 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC73A
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 58)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 70.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -26.84, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 69.36, 112.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0795 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.163 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6435, 50.1513, 11.6466)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC73A #533AC7

analogous

#C7993A #AEC73A #68C73A

triadic

#AEC73A #3AAEC7 #C73AAE

tetradic

#AEC73A #3AC799 #533AC7 #C73A68

square

#AEC73A #3AC799 #533AC7 #C73A68

split-complementary

#AEC73A #3A68C7 #993AC7

monochromatic

#5C691E #85982B #AEC73A #C2D56A #D5E299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#AEC73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#AEC73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC73A

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC73A	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.163 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad879',
    500: '#aec73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec73a;
$custom-light: #cad879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.638,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78532,
    "c": 0.16336,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC73A

secondary

#3E3273

accent

#49DF63

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC73A

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

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