#AEC742#AEC742

#AEC742 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.158 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC742
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(71, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -26.37, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 66.47, 113.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0775 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.158 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8630, 50.2391, 12.8030)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC742 #5B42C7

analogous

#C79E42 #AEC742 #6CC742

triadic

#AEC742 #42AEC7 #C742AE

tetradic

#AEC742 #42C79E #5B42C7 #C7426C

square

#AEC742 #42C79E #5B42C7 #C7426C

split-complementary

#AEC742 #426CC7 #9E42C7

monochromatic

#5F6E21 #889D2F #AEC742 #C2D571 #D6E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#AEC742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#AEC742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC742

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC742	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.158 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d87e',
    500: '#aec742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec742;
$custom-light: #c9d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.278,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78592,
    "c": 0.15804,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC742

secondary

#423678

accent

#4ADE66

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC742

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

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