#AACE42#AACE42

#AACE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.168 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AACE42
RGB	rgb(170, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(75, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -31.30, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 70.06, 116.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0909 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.168 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6327, 53.0819, 13.3111)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AACE42 #6642CE

analogous

#CEAC42 #AACE42 #64CE42

triadic

#AACE42 #42AACE #CE42AA

tetradic

#AACE42 #42CEAC #6642CE #CE4264

square

#AACE42 #42CEAC #6642CE #CE4264

split-complementary

#AACE42 #4264CE #AC42CE

monochromatic

#60771F #88A72B #AACE42 #C0DB73 #D6E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#AACE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#AACE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AACE42

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AACE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AACE42	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aace42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.168 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7dd7e',
    500: '#aace42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aace42;
$custom-light: #c7dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aace42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79899,
    "c": 0.16803,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AACE42

secondary

#48357F

accent

#46E26E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AACE42

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

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