#AECB59#AECB59

#AECB59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.144 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECB59
RGB	rgb(174, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(75, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -26.58, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 59.00, 116.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0759 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.145 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6150, 52.4318, 17.4299)
Luminance	0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECB59 #7659CB

analogous

#CBAF59 #AECB59 #75CB59

triadic

#AECB59 #59AECB #CB59AE

tetradic

#AECB59 #59CBAF #7659CB #CB5975

square

#AECB59 #59CBAF #7659CB #CB5975

split-complementary

#AECB59 #5975CB #AF59CB

monochromatic

#6B8128 #91B037 #AECB59 #C5DA88 #DBE8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AECB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#AECB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECB59

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECB59	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.144 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8da8c',
    500: '#aecb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecb59;
$custom-light: #c8da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.263,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7972,
    "c": 0.1445,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECB59

secondary

#523F89

accent

#4CDC71

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECB59

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

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