#AEC837#AEC837

#AEC837 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.166 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC837
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -27.48, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 70.82, 112.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0816 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.166 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8002, 50.5833, 11.3332)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC837 #5137C8

analogous

#C89A37 #AEC837 #65C837

triadic

#AEC837 #37AEC8 #C837AE

tetradic

#AEC837 #37C89A #5137C8 #C83765

square

#AEC837 #37C89A #5137C8 #C83765

split-complementary

#AEC837 #3765C8 #9A37C8

monochromatic

#5A681D #84982A #AEC837 #C1D567 #D5E297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#AEC837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#AEC837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC837

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC837	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.166 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad878',
    500: '#aec837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec837;
$custom-light: #cad878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.759,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78738,
    "c": 0.16634,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC837

secondary

#3D3172

accent

#48E063

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC837

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

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