#AEC955#AEC955

#AEC955 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.145 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC955
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(74, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -25.95, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 59.73, 115.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0745 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.145 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9823, 51.4279, 16.4128)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC955 #7055C9

analogous

#C9AA55 #AEC955 #74C955

triadic

#AEC955 #55AEC9 #C955AE

tetradic

#AEC955 #55C9AA #7055C9 #C95574

square

#AEC955 #55C9AA #7055C9 #C95574

split-complementary

#AEC955 #5574C9 #AA55C9

monochromatic

#687C27 #90AB36 #AEC955 #C4D883 #DAE7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#AEC955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#AEC955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC955

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC955	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.145 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d989',
    500: '#aec955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec955;
$custom-light: #c8d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.966,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79224,
    "c": 0.14546,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC955

secondary

#4E3E84

accent

#4DDB6E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC955

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

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