#AEC42F#AEC42F

#AEC42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.166 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC42F
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 47)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -25.94, 66.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 71.66, 111.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.078 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.166 118)
XYZ	xyz(37.7095, 48.6841, 10.0992)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC42F #452FC4

analogous

#C48F2F #AEC42F #63C42F

triadic

#AEC42F #2FAEC4 #C42FAE

tetradic

#AEC42F #2FC48F #452FC4 #C42F63

square

#AEC42F #2FC48F #452FC4 #C42F63

split-complementary

#AEC42F #2F63C4 #8F2FC4

monochromatic

#566117 #829323 #AEC42F #C5D759 #D6E38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#AEC42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#AEC42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC42F

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC42F	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.166 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad574',
    500: '#aec42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec42f;
$custom-light: #cad574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.859,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77782,
    "c": 0.16627,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.48684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC42F

secondary

#8D82CD

accent

#43E45B

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC42F

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

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