#AECD57#AECD57

#AECD57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.149 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECD57
RGB	rgb(174, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(76, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(76, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -27.71, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 60.87, 117.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0792 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.149 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0075, 53.3494, 17.1521)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECD57 #7657CD

analogous

#CDB157 #AECD57 #73CD57

triadic

#AECD57 #57AECD #CD57AE

tetradic

#AECD57 #57CDB1 #7657CD #CD5773

square

#AECD57 #57CDB1 #7657CD #CD5773

split-complementary

#AECD57 #5773CD #B157CD

monochromatic

#6B8327 #91B235 #AECD57 #C5DB86 #DBE9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AECD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#AECD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECD57

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECD57	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.149 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8dc8a',
    500: '#aecd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecd57;
$custom-light: #c8dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.763,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8015,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECD57

secondary

#523E8A

accent

#4ADD71

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECD57

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

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