#AEC938#AEC938

#AEC938 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.167 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC938
RGB	rgb(174, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -27.90, 65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 70.93, 113.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0826 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.167 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0568, 51.0577, 11.5382)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC938 #5338C9

analogous

#C99B38 #AEC938 #66C938

triadic

#AEC938 #38AEC9 #C938AE

tetradic

#AEC938 #38C99B #5338C9 #C93866

square

#AEC938 #38C99B #5338C9 #C93866

split-complementary

#AEC938 #3866C9 #9B38C9

monochromatic

#5C6A1D #859A2A #AEC938 #C2D668 #D5E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#AEC938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#AEC938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC938

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC938	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.167 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad978',
    500: '#aec938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec938;
$custom-light: #cad978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.172,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78972,
    "c": 0.16689,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC938

secondary

#3E3174

accent

#47E164

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC938

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

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