#AEC140#AEC140

#AEC140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.152 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC140
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -23.59, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 64.51, 111.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0699 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.152 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4517, 47.5092, 12.0467)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC140 #5340C1

analogous

#C19340 #AEC140 #6EC140

triadic

#AEC140 #40AEC1 #C140AE

tetradic

#AEC140 #40C193 #5340C1 #C1406E

square

#AEC140 #40C193 #5340C1 #C1406E

split-complementary

#AEC140 #406EC1 #9340C1

monochromatic

#5C6621 #859430 #AEC140 #C2D06E #D5DF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#AEC140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#AEC140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC140

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC140	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.152 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d37c',
    500: '#aec140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec140;
$custom-light: #c9d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.837,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7722,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC140

secondary

#9A92CB

accent

#4DDA62

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC140

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

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