#AECA38#AECA38

#AECA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.168 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECA38
RGB	rgb(174, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -28.38, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 71.37, 113.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.084 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.168 120)
XYZ	xyz(39.2906, 51.5254, 11.6161)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECA38 #5438CA

analogous

#CA9D38 #AECA38 #65CA38

triadic

#AECA38 #38AECA #CA38AE

tetradic

#AECA38 #38CA9D #5438CA #CA3865

square

#AECA38 #38CA9D #5438CA #CA3865

split-complementary

#AECA38 #3865CA #9D38CA

monochromatic

#5C6B1D #869B29 #AECA38 #C2D768 #D5E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#AECA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#AECA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECA38

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECA38	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.168 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cada79',
    500: '#aeca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeca38;
$custom-light: #cada79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.507,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.792,
    "c": 0.16804,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.51525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECA38

secondary

#3E3175

accent

#47E164

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECA38

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

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