#AEC242#AEC242

#AEC242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.152 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC242
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -23.95, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 64.19, 111.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0708 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.152 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7315, 47.9760, 12.4258)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC242 #5642C2

analogous

#C29642 #AEC242 #6EC242

triadic

#AEC242 #42AEC2 #C242AE

tetradic

#AEC242 #42C296 #5642C2 #C2426E

square

#AEC242 #42C296 #5642C2 #C2426E

split-complementary

#AEC242 #426EC2 #9642C2

monochromatic

#5D6822 #869631 #AEC242 #C2D170 #D6E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#AEC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#AEC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC242

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC242	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.152 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d47d',
    500: '#aec242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec242;
$custom-light: #c9d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.375,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77462,
    "c": 0.15213,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC242

secondary

#9C94CC

accent

#4DDB63

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC242

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

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