#AECE40#AECE40

#AECE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.168 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECE40
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(74, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(74, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -29.83, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 70.40, 115.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0873 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.168 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4529, 53.5115, 13.0471)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECE40 #6040CE

analogous

#CEA740 #AECE40 #67CE40

triadic

#AECE40 #40AECE #CE40AE

tetradic

#AECE40 #40CEA7 #6040CE #CE4067

square

#AECE40 #40CEA7 #6040CE #CE4067

split-complementary

#AECE40 #4067CE #A740CE

monochromatic

#62751E #8AA62B #AECE40 #C3DA71 #D7E7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AECE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#AECE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECE40

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECE40	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aece40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.168 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dd7d',
    500: '#aece40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aece40;
$custom-light: #c9dd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aece40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.521,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80166,
    "c": 0.16772,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECE40

secondary

#45347E

accent

#45E269

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECE40

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

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