#AECD42#AECD42

#AECD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.165 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECD42
RGB	rgb(174, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(73, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -29.23, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 69.22, 114.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0854 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.165 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2708, 53.0547, 13.2722)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECD42 #6142CD

analogous

#CDA642 #AECD42 #68CD42

triadic

#AECD42 #42AECD #CD42AE

tetradic

#AECD42 #42CDA6 #6142CD #CD4268

square

#AECD42 #42CDA6 #6142CD #CD4268

split-complementary

#AECD42 #4268CD #A642CD

monochromatic

#62761F #8BA62C #AECD42 #C3DA72 #D7E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#AECD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#AECD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECD42

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECD42	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.165 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dc7e',
    500: '#aecd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecd42;
$custom-light: #c9dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.381,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79954,
    "c": 0.16518,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECD42

secondary

#45357E

accent

#46E169

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECD42

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

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