#AEC438#AEC438

#AEC438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.161 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC438
RGB	rgb(174, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -25.50, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 68.74, 111.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.076 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.161 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9101, 48.7644, 11.1560)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC438 #4E38C4

analogous

#C49438 #AEC438 #68C438

triadic

#AEC438 #38AEC4 #C438AE

tetradic

#AEC438 #38C494 #4E38C4 #C43868

square

#AEC438 #38C494 #4E38C4 #C43868

split-complementary

#AEC438 #3868C4 #9438C4

monochromatic

#59651D #84942A #AEC438 #C2D366 #D5E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#AEC438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#AEC438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC438

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC438	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.161 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad578',
    500: '#aec438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec438;
$custom-light: #cad578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77838,
    "c": 0.16115,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC438

secondary

#968CCC

accent

#49DF60

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC438

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

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