#AEC73C#AEC73C

#AEC73C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.162 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC73C
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 60)
HSL	hsl(71, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(71, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -26.73, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 68.66, 112.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.079 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.162 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6953, 50.1720, 11.9198)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC73C #553CC7

analogous

#C79A3C #AEC73C #69C73C

triadic

#AEC73C #3CAEC7 #C73CAE

tetradic

#AEC73C #3CC79A #553CC7 #C73C69

square

#AEC73C #3CC79A #553CC7 #C73C69

split-complementary

#AEC73C #3C69C7 #9A3CC7

monochromatic

#5D6A1E #869A2C #AEC73C #C2D56C #D5E29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#AEC73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#AEC73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC73C

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC73C	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)

#D4BC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.162 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d87a',
    500: '#aec73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec73c;
$custom-light: #c9d87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.791,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78546,
    "c": 0.16208,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC73C

secondary

#3F3374

accent

#49DF64

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC73C

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

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