#AECE3B#AECE3B

#AECE3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.171 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECE3B
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 59)
HSL	hsl(73, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -30.11, 65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 72.14, 114.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0885 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.171 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3169, 53.4571, 12.3311)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECE3B #5B3BCE

analogous

#CEA43B #AECE3B #65CE3B

triadic

#AECE3B #3BAECE #CE3BAE

tetradic

#AECE3B #3BCEA4 #5B3BCE #CE3B65

square

#AECE3B #3BCEA4 #5B3BCE #CE3B65

split-complementary

#AECE3B #3B65CE #A43BCE

monochromatic

#5F721D #88A329 #AECE3B #C2DA6C #D6E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AECE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#AECE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECE3B

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECE3B	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aece3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.171 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadd7a',
    500: '#aece3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aece3b;
$custom-light: #cadd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aece3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.061,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80131,
    "c": 0.17089,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECE3B

secondary

#42327B

accent

#45E367

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECE3B

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

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