#AECA3E#AECA3E

#AECA3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.164 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA3E
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 62)
HSL	hsl(72, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -28.05, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 69.30, 113.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0825 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.164 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4463, 51.5877, 12.4358)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA3E #5A3ECA

analogous

#CAA03E #AECA3E #68CA3E

triadic

#AECA3E #3EAECA #CA3EAE

tetradic

#AECA3E #3ECAA0 #5A3ECA #CA3E68

square

#AECA3E #3ECAA0 #5A3ECA #CA3E68

split-complementary

#AECA3E #3E68CA #A03ECA

monochromatic

#5F6F1F #889F2C #AECA3E #C2D76E #D6E49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#AECA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#AECA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA3E

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA3E	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.164 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da7c',
    500: '#aeca3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca3e;
$custom-light: #c9da7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79242,
    "c": 0.1643,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA3E

secondary

#423478

accent

#48E066

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA3E

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

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