#AECE59#AECE59

#AECE59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.148 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECE59
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(76, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -28.01, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 60.51, 117.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0799 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.148 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3303, 53.8624, 17.6684)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECE59 #7959CE

analogous

#CEB359 #AECE59 #73CE59

triadic

#AECE59 #59AECE #CE59AE

tetradic

#AECE59 #59CEB3 #7959CE #CE5973

square

#AECE59 #59CEB3 #7959CE #CE5973

split-complementary

#AECE59 #5973CE #B359CE

monochromatic

#6C8527 #92B535 #AECE59 #C5DC88 #DCEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AECE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#AECE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECE59

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECE59	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)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aece59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.148 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8dd8c',
    500: '#aece59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aece59;
$custom-light: #c8dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aece59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.41,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80398,
    "c": 0.14838,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECE59

secondary

#543F8C

accent

#4ADE72

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECE59

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

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