#AECA3B#AECA3B

#AECA3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.166 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA3B
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(72, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -28.22, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 70.35, 113.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0833 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.166 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3662, 51.5557, 12.0142)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA3B #573BCA

analogous

#CA9E3B #AECA3B #66CA3B

triadic

#AECA3B #3BAECA #CA3BAE

tetradic

#AECA3B #3BCA9E #573BCA #CA3B66

square

#AECA3B #3BCA9E #573BCA #CA3B66

split-complementary

#AECA3B #3B66CA #9E3BCA

monochromatic

#5E6D1E #879D2B #AECA3B #C2D76B #D6E49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#AECA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#AECA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA3B

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA3B	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.166 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cada7a',
    500: '#aeca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca3b;
$custom-light: #cada7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.748,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7922,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA3B

secondary

#403377

accent

#47E165

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA3B

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

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