#AECA49#AECA49

#AECA49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.157 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA49
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(73, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(73, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -27.35, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 65.16, 114.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0796 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.157 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7792, 51.7209, 14.1895)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA49 #6549CA

analogous

#CAA649 #AECA49 #6ECA49

triadic

#AECA49 #49AECA #CA49AE

tetradic

#AECA49 #49CAA6 #6549CA #CA496E

square

#AECA49 #49CAA6 #6549CA #CA496E

split-complementary

#AECA49 #496ECA #A649CA

monochromatic

#647622 #8CA630 #AECA49 #C3D878 #D8E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#AECA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#AECA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA49

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA49	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)

#D6BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.157 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da82',
    500: '#aeca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca49;
$custom-light: #c9da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.023,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79332,
    "c": 0.15652,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA49

secondary

#48387F

accent

#4ADE6A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#13140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA49

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

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