#AED040#AED040

#AED040 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.170 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED040
RGB	rgb(174, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(74, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(74, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -30.77, 64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 71.32, 115.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0899 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.17 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9374, 54.4805, 13.2086)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED040 #6240D0

analogous

#D0AA40 #AED040 #66D040

triadic

#AED040 #40AED0 #D040AE

tetradic

#AED040 #40D0AA #6240D0 #D04066

square

#AED040 #40D0AA #6240D0 #D04066

split-complementary

#AED040 #4066D0 #AA40D0

monochromatic

#63781E #8BA92A #AED040 #C3DC71 #D8E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#AED040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#AED040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED040

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED040	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.170 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cade7d',
    500: '#aed040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed040;
$custom-light: #cade7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.167,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80622,
    "c": 0.17009,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED040

secondary

#463480

accent

#44E46A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED040

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

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