#AECC37#AECC37

#AECC37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.171 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECC37
RGB	rgb(174, 204, 55)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 0%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -29.38, 66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 72.58, 113.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0868 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.171 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7387, 52.4603, 11.6461)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECC37 #5537CC

analogous

#CCA037 #AECC37 #63CC37

triadic

#AECC37 #37AECC #CC37AE

tetradic

#AECC37 #37CCA0 #5537CC #CC3763

square

#AECC37 #37CCA0 #5537CC #CC3763

split-complementary

#AECC37 #3763CC #A037CC

monochromatic

#5D6D1C #869E28 #AECC37 #C2D868 #D5E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AECC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#AECC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECC37

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECC37	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)

#D9C019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 204, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.171 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadb78',
    500: '#aecc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecc37;
$custom-light: #cadb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.081,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79648,
    "c": 0.17094,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECC37

secondary

#3F3176

accent

#45E365

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECC37

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

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