#AECE42#AECE42

#AECE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.166 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECE42
RGB	rgb(174, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(74, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(74, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -29.71, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 69.68, 115.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0867 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.166 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5108, 53.5346, 13.3522)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECE42 #6242CE

analogous

#CEA842 #AECE42 #68CE42

triadic

#AECE42 #42AECE #CE42AE

tetradic

#AECE42 #42CEA8 #6242CE #CE4268

square

#AECE42 #42CEA8 #6242CE #CE4268

split-complementary

#AECE42 #4268CE #A842CE

monochromatic

#63771F #8BA72B #AECE42 #C3DB73 #D8E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#AECE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#AECE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECE42

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECE42	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aece42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.166 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dd7e',
    500: '#aece42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aece42;
$custom-light: #c9dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aece42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80182,
    "c": 0.16638,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECE42

secondary

#46357F

accent

#46E269

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECE42

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

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