#AEC440#AEC440

#AEC440 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.156 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC440
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -25.05, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 65.86, 112.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.074 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.156 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1216, 48.8490, 12.2700)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC440 #5640C4

analogous

#C49840 #AEC440 #6CC440

triadic

#AEC440 #40AEC4 #C440AE

tetradic

#AEC440 #40C498 #5640C4 #C4406C

square

#AEC440 #40C498 #5640C4 #C4406C

split-complementary

#AEC440 #406CC4 #9840C4

monochromatic

#5D6920 #86982F #AEC440 #C2D26F #D6E19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#AEC440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#AEC440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC440

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC440	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.156 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d57c',
    500: '#aec440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec440;
$custom-light: #c9d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77897,
    "c": 0.1559,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC440

secondary

#9C93CD

accent

#4CDC64

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC440

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

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