#AEC442#AEC442

#AEC442 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.154 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC442
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -24.92, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 65.10, 112.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0735 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.154 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1796, 48.8722, 12.5752)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC442 #5842C4

analogous

#C49942 #AEC442 #6DC442

triadic

#AEC442 #42AEC4 #C442AE

tetradic

#AEC442 #42C499 #5842C4 #C4426D

square

#AEC442 #42C499 #5842C4 #C4426D

split-complementary

#AEC442 #426DC4 #9942C4

monochromatic

#5E6A21 #879930 #AEC442 #C2D371 #D6E19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#AEC442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#AEC442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC442

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC442	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.154 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d57d',
    500: '#aec442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec442;
$custom-light: #c9d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77913,
    "c": 0.15448,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC442

secondary

#9E94CE

accent

#4CDC64

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC442

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

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