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#AEC544 Color

#AEC544 is rgb(174, 197, 68) in RGB, hsl(71, 53%, 52%) in HSL, and about cmyk(12%, 0%, 65%, 23%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is June Bud (#BDDA57), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 7.51. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AEC544
HEX#AEC544
RGBrgb(174, 197, 68)
HSLhsl(71, 53%, 52%)
HSVhsv(71, 65%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 0%, 65%, 23%)
OKLCHoklch(78.2% 0.154 118.8)
LABlab(75.94% -20.98 59.09)
LCHlch(75.94% 62.71 109.54)

What #AEC544 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AEC544, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#AEC544 Channel Values

How #AEC544 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 174 · G 197 · B 688-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 71° · S 53% · L 52%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 71° · S 65% · V 77%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 12% · M 0% · Y 65% · K 23%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.93:1 vs white · 10.87:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AEC544 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.93:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text10.87:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #AEC544

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AEC544; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #AEC544

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AEC544.

How #AEC544 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AEC544
Protanopia#C1C144
Protanomaly#BAC344
Deuteranopia#BEBE46
Deuteranomaly#B8C145
Tritanopia#B9BBBB
Tritanomaly#B5BF99
Achromatopsia#BABABA

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AEC544 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-aec544: #AEC544;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AEC544;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-aec544': '#AEC544' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.682, green: 0.773, blue: 0.267)
Android XML<color name="color_aec544">#AEC544</color>
SVG fillfill="#AEC544"

More Green Colors

#AEC544 sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#AEC544 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AEC544?

#AEC544 is a mid-tone green — rgb(174, 197, 68) in RGB and hsl(71, 53%, 52%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is June Bud (#BDDA57), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 7.51.

What is the RGB value of #AEC544?

#AEC544 is rgb(174, 197, 68) — red 174, green 197, and blue 68 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AEC544?

#AEC544 converts to approximately cmyk(12%, 0%, 65%, 23%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AEC544 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #AEC544 scores 1.93:1 against white and 10.87:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AEC544 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AEC544 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is yellowgreen (#9ACD32) at a CIE76 distance of 13.79, which is visibly different.

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