#AEC79B#AEC79B

#AEC79B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.066 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC79B
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 155)
HSL	hsl(94, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(94, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 22.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -16.43, 19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 25.34, 130.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0442 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.066 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7944, 52.2116, 38.7746)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC79B #B49BC7

analogous

#C4C79B #AEC79B #9BC79E

triadic

#AEC79B #9BAEC7 #C79BAE

tetradic

#AEC79B #9BC4C7 #B49BC7 #C79E9B

square

#AEC79B #9BC4C7 #B49BC7 #C79E9B

split-complementary

#AEC79B #9E9BC7 #C79BC4

monochromatic

#6F9453 #8EB174 #AEC79B #CEDDC2 #EEF3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#AEC79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#AEC79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC79B

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC79B	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.066 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8b8',
    500: '#aec79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec79b;
$custom-light: #c6d8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.091,
    "s": 28.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79934,
    "c": 0.06615,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC79B

secondary

#866B9C

accent

#3FA77A

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF8

border

#D2D4D1

text

#131411

muted

#828381

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC79B

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

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