#AECC3B#AECC3B

#AECC3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.169 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECC3B
RGB	rgb(174, 204, 59)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 0%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -29.17, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 71.24, 114.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0859 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.169 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8385, 52.5003, 12.1716)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECC3B #593BCC

analogous

#CCA23B #AECC3B #66CC3B

triadic

#AECC3B #3BAECC #CC3BAE

tetradic

#AECC3B #3BCCA2 #593BCC #CC3B66

square

#AECC3B #3BCCA2 #593BCC #CC3B66

split-complementary

#AECC3B #3B66CC #A23BCC

monochromatic

#5E701D #88A02A #AECC3B #C2D96C #D6E59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AECC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#AECC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECC3B

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECC3B	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 204, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.169 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadb7a',
    500: '#aecc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecc3b;
$custom-light: #cadb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.414,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79675,
    "c": 0.16855,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECC3B

secondary

#413279

accent

#46E266

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECC3B

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

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