#AECB37#AECB37

#AECB37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.170 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECB37
RGB	rgb(174, 203, 55)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 72.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -28.91, 66.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 72.14, 113.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0855 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.17 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5018, 51.9865, 11.5671)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECB37 #5437CB

analogous

#CB9E37 #AECB37 #64CB37

triadic

#AECB37 #37AECB #CB37AE

tetradic

#AECB37 #37CB9E #5437CB #CB3764

square

#AECB37 #37CB9E #5437CB #CB3764

split-complementary

#AECB37 #3764CB #9E37CB

monochromatic

#5C6C1C #869C29 #AECB37 #C2D868 #D5E498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#AECB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#AECB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECB37

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECB37	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 203, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.170 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cada78',
    500: '#aecb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecb37;
$custom-light: #cada78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.757,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79421,
    "c": 0.16979,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECB37

secondary

#3E3175

accent

#46E264

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECB37

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

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