#AEC856#AEC856

#AEC856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.143 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC856
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -25.39, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 58.80, 115.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0728 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.143 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7900, 50.9792, 16.5461)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC856 #7056C8

analogous

#C8A956 #AEC856 #75C856

triadic

#AEC856 #56AEC8 #C856AE

tetradic

#AEC856 #56C8A9 #7056C8 #C85675

square

#AEC856 #56C8A9 #7056C8 #C85675

split-complementary

#AEC856 #5675C8 #A956C8

monochromatic

#687B28 #90AA37 #AEC856 #C4D784 #DAE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#AEC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#AEC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC856

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC856	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.143 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d889',
    500: '#aec856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec856;
$custom-light: #c8d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.684,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79009,
    "c": 0.14331,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC856

secondary

#4E3F84

accent

#4DDA6E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC856

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

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