#AECA51#AECA51

#AECA51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.150 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA51
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(74, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(74, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -26.76, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 61.91, 115.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0771 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.15 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0618, 51.8339, 15.6774)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA51 #6D51CA

analogous

#CAA951 #AECA51 #71CA51

triadic

#AECA51 #51AECA #CA51AE

tetradic

#AECA51 #51CAA9 #6D51CA #CA5171

square

#AECA51 #51CAA9 #6D51CA #CA5171

split-complementary

#AECA51 #5171CA #A951CA

monochromatic

#677B25 #8FAA34 #AECA51 #C4D880 #DAE7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#AECA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#AECA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA51

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA51	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.150 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da86',
    500: '#aeca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca51;
$custom-light: #c9da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.884,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79408,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA51

secondary

#4C3C83

accent

#4BDD6D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA51

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

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