#AECA55#AECA55

#AECA55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.147 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA55
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(74, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -26.44, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 60.22, 116.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0759 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.147 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2162, 51.8956, 16.4908)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA55 #7155CA

analogous

#CAAC55 #AECA55 #74CA55

triadic

#AECA55 #55AECA #CA55AE

tetradic

#AECA55 #55CAAC #7155CA #CA5574

square

#AECA55 #55CAAC #7155CA #CA5574

split-complementary

#AECA55 #5574CA #AC55CA

monochromatic

#697D27 #90AC36 #AECA55 #C4D984 #DAE7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#AECA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#AECA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA55

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA55	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.147 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8da89',
    500: '#aeca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca55;
$custom-light: #c8da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.359,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7945,
    "c": 0.14674,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA55

secondary

#4F3E85

accent

#4CDC6E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA55

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

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