#AECB38#AECB38

#AECB38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.169 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECB38
RGB	rgb(174, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -28.85, 65.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 71.81, 113.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0853 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.169 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5260, 51.9962, 11.6946)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECB38 #5538CB

analogous

#CB9F38 #AECB38 #64CB38

triadic

#AECB38 #38AECB #CB38AE

tetradic

#AECB38 #38CB9F #5538CB #CB3864

square

#AECB38 #38CB9F #5538CB #CB3864

split-complementary

#AECB38 #3864CB #9F38CB

monochromatic

#5D6C1C #869D29 #AECB38 #C2D869 #D5E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#AECB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#AECB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECB38

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECB38	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.169 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cada79',
    500: '#aecb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecb38;
$custom-light: #cada79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.837,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79427,
    "c": 0.1692,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECB38

secondary

#3F3176

accent

#46E265

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECB38

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

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