#AEC038#AEC038

#AEC038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.157 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC038
RGB	rgb(174, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -23.56, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 67.01, 110.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0706 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.157 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0199, 46.9839, 10.8592)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC038 #4A38C0

analogous

#C08E38 #AEC038 #6AC038

triadic

#AEC038 #38AEC0 #C038AE

tetradic

#AEC038 #38C08E #4A38C0 #C0386A

square

#AEC038 #38C08E #4A38C0 #C0386A

split-complementary

#AEC038 #386AC0 #8E38C0

monochromatic

#58611C #83912A #AEC038 #C3D264 #D5DF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEC038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#AEC038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC038

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC038	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.157 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d277',
    500: '#aec038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec038;
$custom-light: #c9d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.941,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76934,
    "c": 0.15661,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC038

secondary

#9289CB

accent

#4ADE5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC038

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

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