#AECE55#AECE55

#AECE55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.152 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECE55
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(76, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(76, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -28.35, 55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 62.21, 117.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0812 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.152 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1669, 53.7971, 16.8077)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECE55 #7555CE

analogous

#CEB255 #AECE55 #72CE55

triadic

#AECE55 #55AECE #CE55AE

tetradic

#AECE55 #55CEB2 #7555CE #CE5572

square

#AECE55 #55CEB2 #7555CE #CE5572

split-complementary

#AECE55 #5572CE #B255CE

monochromatic

#6A8326 #91B233 #AECE55 #C5DC85 #DBE9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AECE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#AECE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECE55

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECE55	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aece55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.152 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dd89',
    500: '#aece55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aece55;
$custom-light: #c9dd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aece55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.868,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80355,
    "c": 0.15184,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECE55

secondary

#513D8A

accent

#49DF71

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECE55

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

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