#AECE49#AECE49

#AECE49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.161 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECE49
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(74, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(74, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -29.25, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 67.05, 115.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0848 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.161 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7300, 53.6223, 14.5064)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECE49 #6949CE

analogous

#CEAC49 #AECE49 #6CCE49

triadic

#AECE49 #49AECE #CE49AE

tetradic

#AECE49 #49CEAC #6949CE #CE496C

square

#AECE49 #49CEAC #6949CE #CE496C

split-complementary

#AECE49 #496CCE #AC49CE

monochromatic

#667B21 #8DAC2E #AECE49 #C3DB79 #D9E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AECE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#AECE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECE49

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECE49	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aece49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.161 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dd82',
    500: '#aece49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aece49;
$custom-light: #c9dd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aece49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.436,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8024,
    "c": 0.16141,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECE49

secondary

#4A3883

accent

#47E16C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECE49

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

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