#aec408

Color #aec408

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 13.75 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aec408

RGB

rgb(174, 196, 8)

HSL

hsl(67, 92.2%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67, 95.9%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 95.9%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(75.14, -26.96, 74.68)

LCH

lch(75.14, 79.4, 109.85)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.1787, 117.6)

HWB

hwb(67, 3.1%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1e08c4

Analogous

#c47c08

#aec408

#50c408

Triadic

#aec408

#08aec4

#c408ae

Split-complementary

#aec408

#0850c4

#7c08c4

Tetradic

#aec408

#08c41e

#1e08c4

#c408ae

Square

#aec408

#08c47c

#1e08c4

#c40850

Shades

Color #aec408 mixed toward black.

#91a307

#748305

#576204

#3a4103

#1d2101

Tints

Color #aec408 mixed toward white.

#daf50a

#e1f73b

#e9f96c

#f0fb9d

#f8fdce

Tones

Color #aec408 mixed toward gray.

#a2b418

#96a527

#8a9537

#7e8547

#727656

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b867 · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#b7b572 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#af878c · ΔE 44.5

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 28.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aec408;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aec408]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#aec408 (#aec408) is rgb(174, 196, 8) in RGB.

No, #aec408 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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