#AEC79D#AEC79D

#AEC79D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.064 H 132.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC79D
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 157)
HSL	hsl(96, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(96, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 21.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -16.11, 18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 24.36, 131.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0433 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.064 132.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9637, 52.2794, 39.6665)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC79D #B69DC7

analogous

#C3C79D #AEC79D #9DC7A1

triadic

#AEC79D #9DAEC7 #C79DAE

tetradic

#AEC79D #9DC3C7 #B69DC7 #C7A19D

square

#AEC79D #9DC3C7 #B69DC7 #C7A19D

split-complementary

#AEC79D #A19DC7 #C79DC3

monochromatic

#6F9555 #8EB176 #AEC79D #CEDDC4 #EEF4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AEC79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#AEC79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC79D

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC79D	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.064 132.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d8ba',
    500: '#aec79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec79d;
$custom-light: #c6d8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.714,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7998,
    "c": 0.06373,
    "h": 132.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC79D

secondary

#896D9C

accent

#40A67C

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF8

border

#D2D4D1

text

#131411

muted

#828381

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC79D

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

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