#AEC340#AEC340

#AEC340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.155 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC340
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -24.56, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 65.41, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0727 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.155 118)
XYZ	xyz(37.8968, 48.3994, 12.1951)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC340 #5540C3

analogous

#C39640 #AEC340 #6CC340

triadic

#AEC340 #40AEC3 #C340AE

tetradic

#AEC340 #40C396 #5540C3 #C3406C

square

#AEC340 #40C396 #5540C3 #C3406C

split-complementary

#AEC340 #406CC3 #9640C3

monochromatic

#5D6821 #86972F #AEC340 #C2D26F #D5E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#AEC340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#AEC340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC340

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC340	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.155 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d57c',
    500: '#aec340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec340;
$custom-light: #c9d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.618,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77671,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.48399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC340

secondary

#9C92CC

accent

#4CDC63

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC340

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

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