#AECA42#AECA42

#AECA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.162 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA42
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(72, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -27.81, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 67.84, 114.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0815 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.162 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5601, 51.6332, 13.0353)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA42 #5E42CA

analogous

#CAA242 #AECA42 #6ACA42

triadic

#AECA42 #42AECA #CA42AE

tetradic

#AECA42 #42CAA2 #5E42CA #CA426A

square

#AECA42 #42CAA2 #5E42CA #CA426A

split-complementary

#AECA42 #426ACA #A242CA

monochromatic

#617220 #8AA22D #AECA42 #C2D772 #D7E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#AECA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#AECA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA42

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA42	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.162 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da7e',
    500: '#aeca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca42;
$custom-light: #c9da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79272,
    "c": 0.16161,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA42

secondary

#44357B

accent

#48DF67

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA42

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

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