#AECD59#AECD59

#AECD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.147 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECD59
RGB	rgb(174, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(76, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -27.54, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 60.01, 117.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0786 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.147 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0904, 53.3825, 17.5884)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECD59 #7859CD

analogous

#CDB259 #AECD59 #74CD59

triadic

#AECD59 #59AECD #CD59AE

tetradic

#AECD59 #59CDB2 #7859CD #CD5974

square

#AECD59 #59CDB2 #7859CD #CD5974

split-complementary

#AECD59 #5974CD #B259CD

monochromatic

#6B8428 #92B336 #AECD59 #C5DB88 #DCE9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AECD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#AECD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECD59

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECD59	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.147 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8dc8c',
    500: '#aecd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecd59;
$custom-light: #c8dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.034,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80172,
    "c": 0.14708,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECD59

secondary

#533F8B

accent

#4BDD72

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECD59

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

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