#AEC79C#AEC79C

#AEC79C is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.065 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC79C
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 156)
HSL	hsl(95, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(95, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 21.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -16.27, 18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 24.85, 130.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0437 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.065 132.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8787, 52.2453, 39.2187)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC79C #B59CC7

analogous

#C4C79C #AEC79C #9CC7A0

triadic

#AEC79C #9CAEC7 #C79CAE

tetradic

#AEC79C #9CC4C7 #B59CC7 #C7A09C

square

#AEC79C #9CC4C7 #B59CC7 #C7A09C

split-complementary

#AEC79C #A09CC7 #C79CC4

monochromatic

#6F9554 #8EB175 #AEC79C #CEDDC3 #EEF3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AEC79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#AEC79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC79C

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC79C	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.065 132.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8b9',
    500: '#aec79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec79c;
$custom-light: #c6d8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.884,
    "s": 27.742,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79957,
    "c": 0.06494,
    "h": 132.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC79C

secondary

#886C9C

accent

#3FA67B

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF8

border

#D2D4D1

text

#131411

muted

#828381

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC79C

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

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