#AEC842#AEC842

#AEC842 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.159 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC842
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -26.85, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 66.92, 113.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0788 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.159 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0939, 50.7008, 12.8799)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC842 #5C42C8

analogous

#C89F42 #AEC842 #6BC842

triadic

#AEC842 #42AEC8 #C842AE

tetradic

#AEC842 #42C89F #5C42C8 #C8426B

square

#AEC842 #42C89F #5C42C8 #C8426B

split-complementary

#AEC842 #426BC8 #9F42C8

monochromatic

#606F20 #899F2E #AEC842 #C2D671 #D7E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#AEC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#AEC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC842

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC842	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.159 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d87e',
    500: '#aec842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec842;
$custom-light: #c9d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.642,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78819,
    "c": 0.15922,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC842

secondary

#433679

accent

#4ADE66

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC842

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

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