#AEC73D#AEC73D

#AEC73D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.161 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC73D
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 61)
HSL	hsl(71, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -26.67, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 68.31, 112.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0788 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.161 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7220, 50.1827, 12.0603)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC73D #563DC7

analogous

#C79B3D #AEC73D #69C73D

triadic

#AEC73D #3DAEC7 #C73DAE

tetradic

#AEC73D #3DC79B #563DC7 #C73D69

square

#AEC73D #3DC79B #563DC7 #C73D69

split-complementary

#AEC73D #3D69C7 #9B3DC7

monochromatic

#5D6B1F #869A2D #AEC73D #C2D56C #D6E29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#AEC73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#AEC73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC73D

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC73D	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.161 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d87b',
    500: '#aec73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec73d;
$custom-light: #c9d87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.87,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78553,
    "c": 0.16144,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC73D

secondary

#3F3475

accent

#49DF64

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC73D

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

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