#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
RGBrgb(174, 199, 56)
HSLhsl(70, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(70, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(12.6%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(76.15, -26.95, 64.66)
CIE-LCHlch(76.15, 70.05, 112.62°)
OKLaboklab(78.52% -0.08 0.1438)
OKLCHoklch(78.52% 0.165 119.1)
XYZxyz(38.5936, 50.1313, 11.3838)
Luminance0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-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
##AEC7381.001.9011.0311.03
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0321.001.001.00
##00000011.0321.001.001.00

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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#AEC738 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva