#AECC38#AECC38

#AECC38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.170 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECC38
RGB	rgb(174, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -29.33, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 72.25, 113.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0866 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.17 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7629, 52.4700, 11.7736)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECC38 #5638CC

analogous

#CCA038 #AECC38 #64CC38

triadic

#AECC38 #38AECC #CC38AE

tetradic

#AECC38 #38CCA0 #5638CC #CC3864

square

#AECC38 #38CCA0 #5638CC #CC3864

split-complementary

#AECC38 #3864CC #A038CC

monochromatic

#5D6E1C #869E29 #AECC38 #C2D869 #D6E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AECC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#AECC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECC38

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECC38	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.170 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadb79',
    500: '#aecc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecc38;
$custom-light: #cadb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.162,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79655,
    "c": 0.17035,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECC38

secondary

#3F3177

accent

#45E265

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECC38

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

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