#AEDC42#AEDC42

#AEDC42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.183 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEDC42
RGB	rgb(174, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(78, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -36.18, 67.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 76.17, 118.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.1046 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.183 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0325, 60.5779, 14.5261)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEDC42 #7042DC

analogous

#DCBD42 #AEDC42 #61DC42

triadic

#AEDC42 #42AEDC #DC42AE

tetradic

#AEDC42 #42DCBD #7042DC #DC4261

square

#AEDC42 #42DCBD #7042DC #DC4261

split-complementary

#AEDC42 #4261DC #BD42DC

monochromatic

#688A1A #90BE23 #AEDC42 #C4E676 #DAEFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#AEDC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#AEDC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEDC42

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEDC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEDC42	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6D1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aedc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.183 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae780',
    500: '#aedc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aedc42;
$custom-light: #cae780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aedc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.922,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83382,
    "c": 0.18317,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEDC42

secondary

#4E3290

accent

#3CEC71

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEDC42

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

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