#AEC838#AEC838

#AEC838 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.166 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC838
RGB	rgb(174, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -27.43, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 70.49, 112.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0813 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.166 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8244, 50.5930, 11.4607)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC838 #5238C8

analogous

#C89A38 #AEC838 #66C838

triadic

#AEC838 #38AEC8 #C838AE

tetradic

#AEC838 #38C89A #5238C8 #C83866

square

#AEC838 #38C89A #5238C8 #C83866

split-complementary

#AEC838 #3866C8 #9A38C8

monochromatic

#5B691D #85992A #AEC838 #C2D568 #D5E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#AEC838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#AEC838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC838

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC838	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.166 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad878',
    500: '#aec838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec838;
$custom-light: #cad878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78745,
    "c": 0.16574,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC838

secondary

#3D3273

accent

#48E063

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC838

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

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