#AEC857#AEC857

#AEC857 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.142 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC857
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(74, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -25.30, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 58.37, 115.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0725 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.142 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8305, 50.9954, 16.7597)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC857 #7157C8

analogous

#C8AA57 #AEC857 #76C857

triadic

#AEC857 #57AEC8 #C857AE

tetradic

#AEC857 #57C8AA #7157C8 #C85776

square

#AEC857 #57C8AA #7157C8 #C85776

split-complementary

#AEC857 #5776C8 #AA57C8

monochromatic

#697C29 #90AA38 #AEC857 #C4D785 #DAE6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#AEC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#AEC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC857

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC857	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)

#D3BE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.142 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d88a',
    500: '#aec857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec857;
$custom-light: #c8d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.805,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7902,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC857

secondary

#4F3F84

accent

#4EDA6E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC857

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

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