#AECE57#AECE57

#AECE57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.150 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECE57
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(76, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(76, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -28.18, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 61.37, 117.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0806 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.15 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2475, 53.8293, 17.2321)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECE57 #7757CE

analogous

#CEB257 #AECE57 #73CE57

triadic

#AECE57 #57AECE #CE57AE

tetradic

#AECE57 #57CEB2 #7757CE #CE5773

square

#AECE57 #57CEB2 #7757CE #CE5773

split-complementary

#AECE57 #5773CE #B257CE

monochromatic

#6B8427 #91B334 #AECE57 #C5DC86 #DCEAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AECE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#AECE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECE57

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECE57	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aece57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.150 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dd8a',
    500: '#aece57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aece57;
$custom-light: #c9dd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aece57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.134,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80376,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECE57

secondary

#533E8B

accent

#4ADE72

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECE57

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

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