#AECE51#AECE51

#AECE51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.155 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECE51
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(75, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(75, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -28.67, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 63.87, 116.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0825 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.155 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0125, 53.7353, 15.9943)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECE51 #7151CE

analogous

#CEB051 #AECE51 #70CE51

triadic

#AECE51 #51AECE #CE51AE

tetradic

#AECE51 #51CEB0 #7151CE #CE5170

square

#AECE51 #51CEB0 #7151CE #CE5170

split-complementary

#AECE51 #5170CE #B051CE

monochromatic

#698024 #90B032 #AECE51 #C4DB81 #DAE9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AECE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#AECE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECE51

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECE51	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aece51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.155 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dd87',
    500: '#aece51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aece51;
$custom-light: #c9dd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aece51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.36,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80314,
    "c": 0.15517,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECE51

secondary

#4F3B88

accent

#48DF6F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF3

border

#D3D5CD

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECE51

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

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