#AEC740#AEC740

#AEC740 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.159 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC740
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(71, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -26.50, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 67.21, 113.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.078 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.159 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8051, 50.2159, 12.4979)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC740 #5940C7

analogous

#C79D40 #AEC740 #6BC740

triadic

#AEC740 #40AEC7 #C740AE

tetradic

#AEC740 #40C79D #5940C7 #C7406B

square

#AEC740 #40C79D #5940C7 #C7406B

split-complementary

#AEC740 #406BC7 #9D40C7

monochromatic

#5E6D20 #889C2E #AEC740 #C2D56F #D6E39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#AEC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#AEC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC740

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC740	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.159 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d87c',
    500: '#aec740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec740;
$custom-light: #c9d87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78576,
    "c": 0.15943,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC740

secondary

#413576

accent

#4ADE65

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC740

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

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