#AEC240#AEC240

#AEC240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.154 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC240
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -24.07, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 64.96, 111.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0713 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.154 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6735, 47.9528, 12.1207)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC240 #5440C2

analogous

#C29540 #AEC240 #6DC240

triadic

#AEC240 #40AEC2 #C240AE

tetradic

#AEC240 #40C295 #5440C2 #C2406D

square

#AEC240 #40C295 #5440C2 #C2406D

split-complementary

#AEC240 #406DC2 #9540C2

monochromatic

#5C6721 #869530 #AEC240 #C2D16E #D5E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#AEC240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#AEC240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC240

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC240	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.154 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d47c',
    500: '#aec240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec240;
$custom-light: #c9d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77445,
    "c": 0.15356,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC240

secondary

#9B92CC

accent

#4DDB63

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC240

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

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