#AECD3B#AECD3B

#AECD3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.170 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECD3B
RGB	rgb(174, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(73, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -29.64, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 71.69, 114.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0872 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.17 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0770, 52.9771, 12.2511)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECD3B #5A3BCD

analogous

#CDA33B #AECD3B #65CD3B

triadic

#AECD3B #3BAECD #CD3BAE

tetradic

#AECD3B #3BCDA3 #5A3BCD #CD3B65

square

#AECD3B #3BCDA3 #5A3BCD #CD3B65

split-complementary

#AECD3B #3B65CD #A33BCD

monochromatic

#5F711D #88A229 #AECD3B #C2D96C #D6E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#AECD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#AECD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECD3B

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECD3B	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.170 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadc7a',
    500: '#aecd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecd3b;
$custom-light: #cadc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.74,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79903,
    "c": 0.16972,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECD3B

secondary

#42327A

accent

#45E367

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECD3B

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

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