#AEC759#AEC759

#AEC759 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.139 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC759
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -24.64, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 57.00, 115.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0705 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.139 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6826, 50.5669, 17.1191)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC759 #7259C7

analogous

#C7A959 #AEC759 #77C759

triadic

#AEC759 #59AEC7 #C759AE

tetradic

#AEC759 #59C7A9 #7259C7 #C75977

square

#AEC759 #59C7A9 #7259C7 #C75977

split-complementary

#AEC759 #5977C7 #A959C7

monochromatic

#697C2A #90AA39 #AEC759 #C4D687 #DBE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#AEC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#AEC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC759

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC759	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.139 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d88b',
    500: '#aec759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec759;
$custom-light: #c8d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.636,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78817,
    "c": 0.13934,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC759

secondary

#504084

accent

#4FD96E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC759

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

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