#AECD40#AECD40

#AECD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.167 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECD40
RGB	rgb(174, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(73, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(73, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -29.36, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 69.94, 114.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.086 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.167 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2129, 53.0315, 12.9671)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECD40 #5F40CD

analogous

#CDA540 #AECD40 #68CD40

triadic

#AECD40 #40AECD #CD40AE

tetradic

#AECD40 #40CDA5 #5F40CD #CD4068

square

#AECD40 #40CDA5 #5F40CD #CD4068

split-complementary

#AECD40 #4068CD #A540CD

monochromatic

#61741E #8AA52B #AECD40 #C3DA71 #D7E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#AECD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#AECD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECD40

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECD40	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.167 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dc7d',
    500: '#aecd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecd40;
$custom-light: #c9dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.191,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79939,
    "c": 0.16653,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECD40

secondary

#44347D

accent

#46E268

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECD40

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

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