#AECD36#AECD36

#AECD36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.173 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECD36
RGB	rgb(174, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -29.90, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 73.34, 114.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0883 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.173 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9534, 52.9277, 11.6006)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECD36 #5536CD

analogous

#CDA036 #AECD36 #62CD36

triadic

#AECD36 #36AECD #CD36AE

tetradic

#AECD36 #36CDA0 #5536CD #CD3662

square

#AECD36 #36CDA0 #5536CD #CD3662

split-complementary

#AECD36 #3662CD #A036CD

monochromatic

#5D6D1B #869E27 #AECD36 #C2D967 #D5E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#AECD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#AECD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECD36

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECD36	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.173 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadc78',
    500: '#aecd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecd36;
$custom-light: #cadc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.318,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7987,
    "c": 0.17266,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECD36

secondary

#3F3077

accent

#44E365

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECD36

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

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