#AEC855#AEC855

#AEC855 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.144 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC855
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(74, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -25.47, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 59.24, 115.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0732 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.144 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7500, 50.9632, 16.3354)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC855 #6F55C8

analogous

#C8A855 #AEC855 #74C855

triadic

#AEC855 #55AEC8 #C855AE

tetradic

#AEC855 #55C8A8 #6F55C8 #C85574

square

#AEC855 #55C8A8 #6F55C8 #C85574

split-complementary

#AEC855 #5574C8 #A855C8

monochromatic

#687B28 #8FA937 #AEC855 #C4D783 #DAE6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#AEC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#AEC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC855

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC855	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.144 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d889',
    500: '#aec855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec855;
$custom-light: #c8d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.565,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78998,
    "c": 0.1442,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC855

secondary

#4E3E83

accent

#4DDB6D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC855

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

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