#AECE56#AECE56

#AECE56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.151 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECE56
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(76, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(76, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -28.27, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 61.79, 117.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0809 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.151 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2069, 53.8131, 17.0184)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECE56 #7656CE

analogous

#CEB256 #AECE56 #72CE56

triadic

#AECE56 #56AECE #CE56AE

tetradic

#AECE56 #56CEB2 #7656CE #CE5672

square

#AECE56 #56CEB2 #7656CE #CE5672

split-complementary

#AECE56 #5672CE #B256CE

monochromatic

#6B8326 #91B334 #AECE56 #C5DC85 #DBEAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AECE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#AECE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECE56

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECE56	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)

#D9C349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aece56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.151 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dd8a',
    500: '#aece56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aece56;
$custom-light: #c9dd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aece56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80365,
    "c": 0.15099,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECE56

secondary

#523E8B

accent

#49DE71

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECE56

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

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