#AEC951#AEC951

#AEC951 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.149 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC951
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(74, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(74, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -26.28, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 61.42, 115.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0758 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.149 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8279, 51.3661, 15.5994)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC951 #6C51C9

analogous

#C9A851 #AEC951 #72C951

triadic

#AEC951 #51AEC9 #C951AE

tetradic

#AEC951 #51C9A8 #6C51C9 #C95172

square

#AEC951 #51C9A8 #6C51C9 #C95172

split-complementary

#AEC951 #5172C9 #A851C9

monochromatic

#677A26 #8EA934 #AEC951 #C4D780 #D9E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#AEC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#AEC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC951

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC951	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.149 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d986',
    500: '#aec951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec951;
$custom-light: #c9d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79182,
    "c": 0.14889,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC951

secondary

#4C3C82

accent

#4CDC6C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC951

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

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