#AECA48#AECA48

#AECA48 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.157 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA48
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 72)
HSL	hsl(73, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(73, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -27.42, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 65.55, 114.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0798 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.157 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7464, 51.7077, 14.0163)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA48 #6448CA

analogous

#CAA548 #AECA48 #6DCA48

triadic

#AECA48 #48AECA #CA48AE

tetradic

#AECA48 #48CAA5 #6448CA #CA486D

square

#AECA48 #48CAA5 #6448CA #CA486D

split-complementary

#AECA48 #486DCA #A548CA

monochromatic

#647622 #8CA530 #AECA48 #C3D877 #D8E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#AECA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#AECA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA48

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA48	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.157 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da81',
    500: '#aeca48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca48;
$custom-light: #c9da81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.923,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79323,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA48

secondary

#47387E

accent

#49DE69

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA48

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

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