#AEC138#AEC138

#AEC138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.158 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC138
RGB	rgb(174, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -24.05, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 67.44, 110.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.072 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.158 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2402, 47.4246, 10.9327)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC138 #4B38C1

analogous

#C19038 #AEC138 #6AC138

triadic

#AEC138 #38AEC1 #C138AE

tetradic

#AEC138 #38C190 #4B38C1 #C1386A

square

#AEC138 #38C190 #4B38C1 #C1386A

split-complementary

#AEC138 #386AC1 #9038C1

monochromatic

#58621C #83922A #AEC138 #C3D264 #D5E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#AEC138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#AEC138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC138

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC138	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.158 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d378',
    500: '#aec138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec138;
$custom-light: #c9d378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.321,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77159,
    "c": 0.15774,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC138

secondary

#938ACB

accent

#49DE5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC138

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

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