#AED042#AED042

#AED042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.169 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED042
RGB	rgb(174, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(74, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(74, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -30.65, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 70.61, 115.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0893 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.169 122)
XYZ	xyz(40.9953, 54.5037, 13.5137)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED042 #6442D0

analogous

#D0AB42 #AED042 #67D042

triadic

#AED042 #42AED0 #D042AE

tetradic

#AED042 #42D0AB #6442D0 #D04267

square

#AED042 #42D0AB #6442D0 #D04267

split-complementary

#AED042 #4267D0 #AB42D0

monochromatic

#64791E #8CAA2A #AED042 #C3DC73 #D8E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#AED042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#AED042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED042

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED042	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.169 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9de7e',
    500: '#aed042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed042;
$custom-light: #c9de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.366,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80637,
    "c": 0.16877,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.54504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED042

secondary

#473581

accent

#44E36B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED042

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

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