#AEC940#AEC940

#AEC940 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.162 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC940
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(72, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -27.45, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 68.12, 113.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0807 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.162 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2683, 51.1423, 12.6522)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC940 #5B40C9

analogous

#C9A040 #AEC940 #6AC940

triadic

#AEC940 #40AEC9 #C940AE

tetradic

#AEC940 #40C9A0 #5B40C9 #C9406A

square

#AEC940 #40C9A0 #5B40C9 #C9406A

split-complementary

#AEC940 #406AC9 #A040C9

monochromatic

#5F6F1F #889F2D #AEC940 #C2D670 #D6E49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#AEC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#AEC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC940

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC940	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.162 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d97d',
    500: '#aec940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec940;
$custom-light: #c9d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.825,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7903,
    "c": 0.16179,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC940

secondary

#423578

accent

#49DF66

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC940

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

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