#AEC956#AEC956

#AEC956 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.145 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC956
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -25.87, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 59.30, 115.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0742 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.145 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0223, 51.4439, 16.6235)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC956 #7156C9

analogous

#C9AB56 #AEC956 #75C956

triadic

#AEC956 #56AEC9 #C956AE

tetradic

#AEC956 #56C9AB #7156C9 #C95675

square

#AEC956 #56C9AB #7156C9 #C95675

split-complementary

#AEC956 #5675C9 #AB56C9

monochromatic

#697D28 #90AB37 #AEC956 #C4D884 #DAE7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#AEC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#AEC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC956

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC956	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)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.145 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d989',
    500: '#aec956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec956;
$custom-light: #c8d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.087,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79235,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC956

secondary

#4F3E85

accent

#4DDB6E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC956

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

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