#AED42A#AED42A

#AED42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.187 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AED42A
RGBrgb(174, 212, 42)
HSLhsl(73, 67%, 50%)
HSVhsv(73, 80%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(17.9%, 0%, 80.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.76, -33.68, 72.33)
CIE-LCHlch(79.76, 79.79, 114.97°)
OKLaboklab(81.41% -0.0995 0.1578)
OKLCHoklch(81.41% 0.187 122.3)
XYZxyz(41.4176, 56.2527, 10.8659)
Luminance0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AED42A #502AD4
analogous
#D4A52A #AED42A #59D42A
triadic
#AED42A #2AAED4 #D42AAE
tetradic
#AED42A #2AD4A5 #502AD4 #D42A59
square
#AED42A #2AD4A5 #502AD4 #D42A59
split-complementary
#AED42A #2A59D4 #A52AD4
monochromatic
#5A6E16 #84A120 #AED42A #C2DF5C #D5E98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71
#AED42A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25
#AED42A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED42A
12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AED42A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AED42A1.001.7112.2512.25
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2521.001.001.00
##00000012.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1C700
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC63C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B8C9B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aed42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 212, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.187 122.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae173',
    500: '#aed42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aed42a;
$custom-light: #cae173;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aed42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.412,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81406,
    "c": 0.18654,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AED42A
secondary
#3C2B77
accent
#3EEA64
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFCF1
border
#D4D5CB
text
#141509
muted
#83847D

Preview Lab

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#AED42A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva