#AEB22A#AEB22A

#AEB22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.150 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB22A
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -17.25, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 66.00, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0543 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.15 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7951, 41.0075, 8.3251)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB22A #2E2AB2

analogous

#B2722A #AEB22A #6AB22A

triadic

#AEB22A #2AAEB2 #B22AAE

tetradic

#AEB22A #2AB272 #2E2AB2 #B22A6A

square

#AEB22A #2AB272 #2E2AB2 #B22A6A

split-complementary

#AEB22A #2A6AB2 #722AB2

monochromatic

#4D4F13 #7E801E #AEB22A #CFD346 #DCDF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#AEB22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB22A

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB22A	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.150 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac86f',
    500: '#aeb22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb22a;
$custom-light: #cac86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73703,
    "c": 0.14961,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB22A

secondary

#7471C7

accent

#43E548

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB22A

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

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