#AECB40#AECB40

#AECB40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.164 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECB40
RGB	rgb(174, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(73, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -28.41, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 69.03, 114.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0833 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.164 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7375, 52.0808, 12.8087)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECB40 #5D40CB

analogous

#CBA340 #AECB40 #68CB40

triadic

#AECB40 #40AECB #CB40AE

tetradic

#AECB40 #40CBA3 #5D40CB #CB4068

square

#AECB40 #40CBA3 #5D40CB #CB4068

split-complementary

#AECB40 #4068CB #A340CB

monochromatic

#60721F #89A22C #AECB40 #C2D870 #D7E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#AECB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#AECB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECB40

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECB40	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.164 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da7d',
    500: '#aecb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecb40;
$custom-light: #c9da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.518,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79484,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECB40

secondary

#43357B

accent

#47E067

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECB40

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

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