#AECC40#AECC40

#AECC40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.165 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECC40
RGB	rgb(174, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(73, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(73, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -28.88, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 69.49, 114.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0846 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.165 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9745, 52.5546, 12.8876)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECC40 #5E40CC

analogous

#CCA440 #AECC40 #68CC40

triadic

#AECC40 #40AECC #CC40AE

tetradic

#AECC40 #40CCA4 #5E40CC #CC4068

square

#AECC40 #40CCA4 #5E40CC #CC4068

split-complementary

#AECC40 #4068CC #A440CC

monochromatic

#61731F #8AA32C #AECC40 #C2D970 #D7E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#AECC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#AECC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECC40

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECC40	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.165 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9db7d',
    500: '#aecc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecc40;
$custom-light: #c9db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79711,
    "c": 0.16534,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECC40

secondary

#44347C

accent

#47E168

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECC40

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

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