#AEC962#AEC962

#AEC962 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.133 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC962
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(76, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(76, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 51.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -24.78, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 53.98, 117.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.07 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.133 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5470, 51.6538, 19.3870)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC962 #7D62C9

analogous

#C9B062 #AEC962 #7AC962

triadic

#AEC962 #62AEC9 #C962AE

tetradic

#AEC962 #62C9B0 #7D62C9 #C9627A

square

#AEC962 #62C9B0 #7D62C9 #C9627A

split-complementary

#AEC962 #627AC9 #B062C9

monochromatic

#6D832D #93B13D #AEC962 #C5D990 #DDE8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#AEC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#AEC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC962

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC962	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.133 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d991',
    500: '#aec962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec962;
$custom-light: #c8d991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.728,
    "s": 48.815,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79377,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC962

secondary

#57448B

accent

#4FD873

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC962

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

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