#AECE5B#AECE5B

#AECE5B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.147 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECE5B
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(77, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(77, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -27.84, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 59.65, 117.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0792 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.147 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4155, 53.8965, 18.1167)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECE5B #7B5BCE

analogous

#CEB55B #AECE5B #74CE5B

triadic

#AECE5B #5BAECE #CE5BAE

tetradic

#AECE5B #5BCEB5 #7B5BCE #CE5B74

square

#AECE5B #5BCEB5 #7B5BCE #CE5B74

split-complementary

#AECE5B #5B74CE #B55BCE

monochromatic

#6C8628 #92B636 #AECE5B #C5DC8A #DDEAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AECE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#AECE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECE5B

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECE5B	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aece5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.147 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8dd8d',
    500: '#aece5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aece5b;
$custom-light: #c8dd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aece5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.696,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8042,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECE5B

secondary

#55408D

accent

#4ADD73

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECE5B

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

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