#AECE3C#AECE3C

#AECE3C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.170 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECE3C
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 60)
HSL	hsl(73, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 70.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -30.06, 65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 71.80, 114.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0882 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.17 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3431, 53.4676, 12.4690)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECE3C #5C3CCE

analogous

#CEA53C #AECE3C #65CE3C

triadic

#AECE3C #3CAECE #CE3CAE

tetradic

#AECE3C #3CCEA5 #5C3CCE #CE3C65

square

#AECE3C #3CCEA5 #5C3CCE #CE3C65

split-complementary

#AECE3C #3C65CE #A53CCE

monochromatic

#60731D #89A429 #AECE3C #C2DA6D #D7E79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AECE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#AECE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECE3C

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECE3C	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)

#DBC222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aece3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.170 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadd7b',
    500: '#aece3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aece3c;
$custom-light: #cadd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aece3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.151,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80137,
    "c": 0.17027,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECE3C

secondary

#43337C

accent

#45E367

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECE3C

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

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