#AECA59#AECA59

#AECA59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.143 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA59
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(75, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -26.10, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 58.50, 116.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0745 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.143 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3796, 51.9610, 17.3515)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA59 #7559CA

analogous

#CAAD59 #AECA59 #76CA59

triadic

#AECA59 #59AECA #CA59AE

tetradic

#AECA59 #59CAAD #7559CA #CA5976

square

#AECA59 #59CAAD #7559CA #CA5976

split-complementary

#AECA59 #5976CA #AD59CA

monochromatic

#6A8029 #91AE38 #AECA59 #C5D987 #DBE8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#AECA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#AECA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA59

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA59	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)

#D5BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.143 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8da8b',
    500: '#aeca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca59;
$custom-light: #c8da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.867,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79494,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA59

secondary

#514088

accent

#4DDB70

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA59

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

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