#AEC142#AEC142

#AEC142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.151 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC142
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -23.46, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 63.74, 111.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0694 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.151 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5097, 47.5323, 12.3519)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC142 #5542C1

analogous

#C19442 #AEC142 #6EC142

triadic

#AEC142 #42AEC1 #C142AE

tetradic

#AEC142 #42C194 #5542C1 #C1426E

square

#AEC142 #42C194 #5542C1 #C1426E

split-complementary

#AEC142 #426EC1 #9442C1

monochromatic

#5D6722 #869531 #AEC142 #C2D070 #D5DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#AEC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#AEC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC142

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC142	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.151 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d37d',
    500: '#aec142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec142;
$custom-light: #c9d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.976,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77236,
    "c": 0.15096,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC142

secondary

#9C93CC

accent

#4EDA63

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC142

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

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