#AEC99C#AEC99C

#AEC99C is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.068 H 133.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC99C
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 156)
HSL	hsl(96, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(96, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 22.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -17.28, 19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 26.09, 131.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0466 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.068 133)
XYZ	xyz(44.3419, 53.1717, 39.3731)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC99C #B79CC9

analogous

#C5C99C #AEC99C #9CC9A0

triadic

#AEC99C #9CAEC9 #C99CAE

tetradic

#AEC99C #9CC5C9 #B79CC9 #C9A09C

square

#AEC99C #9CC5C9 #B79CC9 #C9A09C

split-complementary

#AEC99C #A09CC9 #C99CC5

monochromatic

#6E9853 #8EB374 #AEC99C #CEDFC4 #EFF4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AEC99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#AEC99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC99C

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC99C	1.00	1.80	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.068 133.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d9b9',
    500: '#aec99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec99c;
$custom-light: #c6d9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80395,
    "c": 0.06822,
    "h": 133
  },
  "luminance": 0.53172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC99C

secondary

#8A6B9E

accent

#3DA87D

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF8

border

#D2D4D1

text

#131411

muted

#828381

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC99C

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

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