#AEC540#AEC540

#AEC540 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.157 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC540
RGB	rgb(174, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -25.53, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 66.31, 112.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0754 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.157 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3480, 49.3016, 12.3455)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC540 #5740C5

analogous

#C59940 #AEC540 #6BC540

triadic

#AEC540 #40AEC5 #C540AE

tetradic

#AEC540 #40C599 #5740C5 #C5406B

square

#AEC540 #40C599 #5740C5 #C5406B

split-complementary

#AEC540 #406BC5 #9940C5

monochromatic

#5E6A20 #87992F #AEC540 #C2D36F #D6E29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#AEC540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#AEC540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC540

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC540	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.157 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d67c',
    500: '#aec540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec540;
$custom-light: #c9d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.376,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78123,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC540

secondary

#9D93CE

accent

#4BDD64

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC540

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

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