#AEC949#AEC949

#AEC949 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.155 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC949
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(73, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(73, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -26.87, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 64.69, 114.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0782 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.155 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5454, 51.2531, 14.1116)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC949 #6449C9

analogous

#C9A449 #AEC949 #6EC949

triadic

#AEC949 #49AEC9 #C949AE

tetradic

#AEC949 #49C9A4 #6449C9 #C9496E

square

#AEC949 #49C9A4 #6449C9 #C9496E

split-complementary

#AEC949 #496EC9 #A449C9

monochromatic

#647523 #8CA431 #AEC949 #C3D778 #D8E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#AEC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#AEC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC949

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC949	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.155 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d982',
    500: '#aec949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec949;
$custom-light: #c9d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.656,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79105,
    "c": 0.1553,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC949

secondary

#47397E

accent

#4ADE69

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#13140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC949

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

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