#AECD51#AECD51

#AECD51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.154 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECD51
RGB	rgb(174, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(75, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(75, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -28.19, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 63.38, 116.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0811 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.154 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7725, 53.2554, 15.9143)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECD51 #7051CD

analogous

#CDAE51 #AECD51 #70CD51

triadic

#AECD51 #51AECD #CD51AE

tetradic

#AECD51 #51CDAE #7051CD #CD5170

square

#AECD51 #51CDAE #7051CD #CD5170

split-complementary

#AECD51 #5170CD #AE51CD

monochromatic

#687F25 #90AF32 #AECD51 #C4DB81 #DAE8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AECD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#AECD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECD51

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECD51	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.154 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dc87',
    500: '#aecd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecd51;
$custom-light: #c9dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80087,
    "c": 0.15391,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECD51

secondary

#4E3B87

accent

#49DF6F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF3

border

#D3D5CD

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECD51

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

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