#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
RGB	rgb(174, 212, 42)
HSL	hsl(73, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(73, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 80.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -33.68, 72.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 79.79, 114.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0995 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.187 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4176, 56.2527, 10.8659)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##AED42A	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #AED42A

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

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