#AEC338#AEC338

#AEC338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.160 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC338
RGB	rgb(174, 195, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -25.02, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 68.31, 111.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0747 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.16 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6853, 48.3148, 11.0810)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC338 #4D38C3

analogous

#C39338 #AEC338 #69C338

triadic

#AEC338 #38AEC3 #C338AE

tetradic

#AEC338 #38C393 #4D38C3 #C33869

square

#AEC338 #38C393 #4D38C3 #C33869

split-complementary

#AEC338 #3869C3 #9338C3

monochromatic

#59641D #84932A #AEC338 #C2D365 #D5E195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#AEC338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#AEC338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC338

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC338	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 195, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.160 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad578',
    500: '#aec338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec338;
$custom-light: #cad578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.065,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77611,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC338

secondary

#958BCC

accent

#49DF60

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC338

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

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