#AECA40#AECA40

#AECA40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.163 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA40
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(72, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -27.93, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 68.58, 114.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.082 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.163 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5022, 51.6100, 12.7302)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA40 #5C40CA

analogous

#CAA140 #AECA40 #69CA40

triadic

#AECA40 #40AECA #CA40AE

tetradic

#AECA40 #40CAA1 #5C40CA #CA4069

square

#AECA40 #40CAA1 #5C40CA #CA4069

split-complementary

#AECA40 #4069CA #A140CA

monochromatic

#60701F #89A02C #AECA40 #C2D770 #D7E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#AECA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#AECA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA40

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA40	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.163 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da7d',
    500: '#aeca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca40;
$custom-light: #c9da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.174,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79257,
    "c": 0.16297,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA40

secondary

#43357A

accent

#48E067

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA40

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

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