#AEC959#AEC959

#AEC959 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.142 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC959
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(74, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -25.61, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 58.00, 116.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0732 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.142 121)
XYZ	xyz(40.1457, 51.4933, 17.2735)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC959 #7459C9

analogous

#C9AC59 #AEC959 #76C959

triadic

#AEC959 #59AEC9 #C959AE

tetradic

#AEC959 #59C9AC #7459C9 #C95976

square

#AEC959 #59C9AC #7459C9 #C95976

split-complementary

#AEC959 #5976C9 #AC59C9

monochromatic

#6A7E29 #91AD38 #AEC959 #C5D887 #DBE7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#AEC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#AEC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC959

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC959	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.142 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d98b',
    500: '#aec959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec959;
$custom-light: #c8d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.464,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79268,
    "c": 0.14191,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.51493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC959

secondary

#514086

accent

#4DDA6F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC959

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

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