#AEC836#AEC836

#AEC836 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.167 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC836
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 54)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -27.53, 65.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 71.15, 112.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0818 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.167 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7765, 50.5738, 11.2083)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC836 #5036C8

analogous

#C89936 #AEC836 #65C836

triadic

#AEC836 #36AEC8 #C836AE

tetradic

#AEC836 #36C899 #5036C8 #C83665

square

#AEC836 #36C899 #5036C8 #C83665

split-complementary

#AEC836 #3665C8 #9936C8

monochromatic

#5A681C #849829 #AEC836 #C2D666 #D5E396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#AEC836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#AEC836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC836

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC836	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)

#D5BD18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.167 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad877',
    500: '#aec836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec836;
$custom-light: #cad877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.685,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78732,
    "c": 0.16692,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC836

secondary

#3C3072

accent

#47E162

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC836

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

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