#AECC42#AECC42

#AECC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.164 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECC42
RGB	rgb(174, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(73, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -28.76, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 68.76, 114.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0841 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.164 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0324, 52.5778, 13.1928)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECC42 #6042CC

analogous

#CCA542 #AECC42 #69CC42

triadic

#AECC42 #42AECC #CC42AE

tetradic

#AECC42 #42CCA5 #6042CC #CC4269

square

#AECC42 #42CCA5 #6042CC #CC4269

split-complementary

#AECC42 #4269CC #A542CC

monochromatic

#62741F #8AA42C #AECC42 #C3D972 #D7E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#AECC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#AECC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECC42

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECC42	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.164 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9db7e',
    500: '#aecc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecc42;
$custom-light: #c9db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79727,
    "c": 0.16399,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECC42

secondary

#45357D

accent

#47E168

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECC42

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

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