#AEC738#AEC738

#AEC738 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.165 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC738
RGB	rgb(174, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -26.95, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 70.05, 112.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.08 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.165 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5936, 50.1313, 11.3838)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC738 #5138C7

analogous

#C79938 #AEC738 #66C738

triadic

#AEC738 #38AEC7 #C738AE

tetradic

#AEC738 #38C799 #5138C7 #C73866

square

#AEC738 #38C799 #5138C7 #C73866

split-complementary

#AEC738 #3866C7 #9938C7

monochromatic

#5A671D #84972B #AEC738 #C1D468 #D5E298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#AEC738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#AEC738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC738

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC738	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.165 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad878',
    500: '#aec738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec738;
$custom-light: #cad878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.49,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78518,
    "c": 0.16459,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC738

secondary

#3D3272

accent

#48DF63

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC738

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

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