#AECA37#AECA37

#AECA37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.169 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA37
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 55)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -28.43, 65.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 71.70, 113.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0842 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.169 120)
XYZ	xyz(39.2664, 51.5157, 11.4886)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA37 #5337CA

analogous

#CA9D37 #AECA37 #64CA37

triadic

#AECA37 #37AECA #CA37AE

tetradic

#AECA37 #37CA9D #5337CA #CA3764

square

#AECA37 #37CA9D #5337CA #CA3764

split-complementary

#AECA37 #3764CA #9D37CA

monochromatic

#5C6A1C #859B29 #AECA37 #C2D767 #D5E498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#AECA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#AECA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA37

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA37	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)

#D7BE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.169 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cada78',
    500: '#aeca37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca37;
$custom-light: #cada78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.429,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79193,
    "c": 0.16863,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.51516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA37

secondary

#3E3174

accent

#46E164

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA37

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

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