#AECA36#AECA36

#AECA36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.169 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA36
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 54)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -28.48, 66.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 72.03, 113.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0844 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.169 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2427, 51.5062, 11.3637)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA36 #5236CA

analogous

#CA9C36 #AECA36 #64CA36

triadic

#AECA36 #36AECA #CA36AE

tetradic

#AECA36 #36CA9C #5236CA #CA3664

square

#AECA36 #36CA9C #5236CA #CA3664

split-complementary

#AECA36 #3664CA #9C36CA

monochromatic

#5B6A1C #859A29 #AECA36 #C2D766 #D5E497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#AECA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#AECA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA36

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA36	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)

#D7BE17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.169 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cada78',
    500: '#aeca36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca36;
$custom-light: #cada78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.351,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79187,
    "c": 0.16921,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA36

secondary

#3D3174

accent

#46E164

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA36

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

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