#AECB42#AECB42

#AECB42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.163 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECB42
RGB	rgb(174, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(73, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -28.29, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 68.30, 114.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0828 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.163 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7955, 52.1040, 13.1138)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECB42 #5F42CB

analogous

#CBA442 #AECB42 #69CB42

triadic

#AECB42 #42AECB #CB42AE

tetradic

#AECB42 #42CBA4 #5F42CB #CB4269

square

#AECB42 #42CBA4 #5F42CB #CB4269

split-complementary

#AECB42 #4269CB #A442CB

monochromatic

#617320 #8AA32D #AECB42 #C3D872 #D7E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#AECB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#AECB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECB42

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECB42	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.163 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da7e',
    500: '#aecb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecb42;
$custom-light: #c9da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.701,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.795,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECB42

secondary

#44357C

accent

#48E068

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECB42

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

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