#AEC040#AEC040

#AEC040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.151 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC040
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -23.10, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 64.06, 111.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0686 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.151 117)
XYZ	xyz(37.2314, 47.0685, 11.9733)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC040 #5240C0

analogous

#C09240 #AEC040 #6EC040

triadic

#AEC040 #40AEC0 #C040AE

tetradic

#AEC040 #40C092 #5240C0 #C0406E

square

#AEC040 #40C092 #5240C0 #C0406E

split-complementary

#AEC040 #406EC0 #9240C0

monochromatic

#5B6421 #859230 #AEC040 #C2CF6E #D5DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEC040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#AEC040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC040

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC040	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.151 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d37c',
    500: '#aec040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec040;
$custom-light: #c9d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.438,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76994,
    "c": 0.15124,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.47068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC040

secondary

#9991CB

accent

#4EDA62

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC040

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

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