#AECD38#AECD38

#AECD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.172 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AECD38
RGB	rgb(174, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -29.80, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 72.69, 114.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0879 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.172 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0014, 52.9469, 11.8531)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AECD38 #5738CD

analogous

#CDA138 #AECD38 #63CD38

triadic

#AECD38 #38AECD #CD38AE

tetradic

#AECD38 #38CDA1 #5738CD #CD3863

square

#AECD38 #38CDA1 #5738CD #CD3863

split-complementary

#AECD38 #3863CD #A138CD

monochromatic

#5E6F1C #87A028 #AECD38 #C2D969 #D6E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#AECD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#AECD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AECD38

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AECD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AECD38	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aecd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.172 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadc79',
    500: '#aecd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aecd38;
$custom-light: #cadc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aecd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.483,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79883,
    "c": 0.17151,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AECD38

secondary

#403178

accent

#45E366

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AECD38

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

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