#AED42D#AED42D

#AED42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.185 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED42D
RGB	rgb(174, 212, 45)
HSL	hsl(74, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(74, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 78.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -33.56, 71.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 79.01, 115.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.099 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.185 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4733, 56.2750, 11.1594)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED42D #532DD4

analogous

#D4A72D #AED42D #5AD42D

triadic

#AED42D #2DAED4 #D42DAE

tetradic

#AED42D #2DD4A7 #532DD4 #D42D5A

square

#AED42D #2DD4A7 #532DD4 #D42D5A

split-complementary

#AED42D #2D5AD4 #A72DD4

monochromatic

#5C7017 #85A321 #AED42D #C2DE60 #D5E993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#AED42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#AED42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED42D

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED42D	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 212, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.185 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae175',
    500: '#aed42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed42d;
$custom-light: #cae175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.653,
    "s": 66.008,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8142,
    "c": 0.18522,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED42D

secondary

#3E2C79

accent

#3FE966

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#141509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED42D

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

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