#AECA57#AECA57

#AECA57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.145 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA57
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(75, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -26.27, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 59.37, 116.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0752 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.145 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2968, 51.9279, 16.9152)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA57 #7357CA

analogous

#CAAD57 #AECA57 #75CA57

triadic

#AECA57 #57AECA #CA57AE

tetradic

#AECA57 #57CAAD #7357CA #CA5775

square

#AECA57 #57CAAD #7357CA #CA5775

split-complementary

#AECA57 #5775CA #AD57CA

monochromatic

#6A7F28 #90AD37 #AECA57 #C4D986 #DBE7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#AECA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#AECA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA57

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA57	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.145 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8da8a',
    500: '#aeca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca57;
$custom-light: #c8da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.609,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79471,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA57

secondary

#503F87

accent

#4CDB6F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA57

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

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