#AECE3E#AECE3E

#AECE3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.169 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECE3E
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 62)
HSL	hsl(73, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(73, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -29.94, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 71.11, 114.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0878 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.169 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3970, 53.4891, 12.7527)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECE3E #5E3ECE

analogous

#CEA63E #AECE3E #66CE3E

triadic

#AECE3E #3EAECE #CE3EAE

tetradic

#AECE3E #3ECEA6 #5E3ECE #CE3E66

square

#AECE3E #3ECEA6 #5E3ECE #CE3E66

split-complementary

#AECE3E #3E66CE #A63ECE

monochromatic

#61741D #8AA52A #AECE3E #C2DA6F #D7E7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AECE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#AECE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECE3E

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECE3E	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aece3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.169 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadd7c',
    500: '#aece3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aece3e;
$custom-light: #cadd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aece3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80152,
    "c": 0.16901,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECE3E

secondary

#44337D

accent

#45E368

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECE3E

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

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