#AECC36#AECC36

#AECC36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.172 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECC36
RGB	rgb(174, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -29.43, 66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 72.90, 113.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.087 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.172 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7150, 52.4509, 11.5211)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECC36 #5436CC

analogous

#CC9F36 #AECC36 #63CC36

triadic

#AECC36 #36AECC #CC36AE

tetradic

#AECC36 #36CC9F #5436CC #CC3663

square

#AECC36 #36CC9F #5436CC #CC3663

split-complementary

#AECC36 #3663CC #9F36CC

monochromatic

#5C6C1B #869D28 #AECC36 #C2D867 #D5E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AECC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#AECC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECC36

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECC36	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)

#D9C016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.172 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadb78',
    500: '#aecc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecc36;
$custom-light: #cadb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79642,
    "c": 0.17151,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECC36

secondary

#3E3076

accent

#45E365

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECC36

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

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