#AECA53#AECA53

#AECA53 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.148 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA53
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(74, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -26.60, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 61.07, 115.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0765 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.148 121)
XYZ	xyz(40.1379, 51.8643, 16.0782)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA53 #6F53CA

analogous

#CAAB53 #AECA53 #72CA53

triadic

#AECA53 #53AECA #CA53AE

tetradic

#AECA53 #53CAAB #6F53CA #CA5372

square

#AECA53 #53CAAB #6F53CA #CA5372

split-complementary

#AECA53 #5372CA #AB53CA

monochromatic

#687C26 #8FAB35 #AECA53 #C4D882 #DAE7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#AECA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#AECA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA53

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA53	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)

#D5BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.148 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da88',
    500: '#aeca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca53;
$custom-light: #c9da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.118,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79429,
    "c": 0.14846,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.51864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA53

secondary

#4E3D84

accent

#4CDC6E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA53

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

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