#AEC799#AEC799

#AEC799 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.069 H 131.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC799
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(93, 29%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(93, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 23.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -16.75, 20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 26.31, 129.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.045 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.069 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6278, 52.1450, 37.8973)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC799 #B299C7

analogous

#C5C799 #AEC799 #99C79B

triadic

#AEC799 #99AEC7 #C799AE

tetradic

#AEC799 #99C5C7 #B299C7 #C79B99

square

#AEC799 #99C5C7 #B299C7 #C79B99

split-complementary

#AEC799 #9B99C7 #C799C5

monochromatic

#709451 #8FB171 #AEC799 #CDDDC1 #EDF2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#AEC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#AEC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC799

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC799	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.069 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8b7',
    500: '#aec799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec799;
$custom-light: #c6d8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.609,
    "s": 29.114,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7989,
    "c": 0.06856,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC799

secondary

#84699C

accent

#3EA877

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF8

border

#D2D4D1

text

#131411

muted

#828381

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC799

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

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