#AEB22C#AEB22C

#AEB22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.149 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB22C
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 44)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -17.17, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 65.36, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0539 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.149 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8317, 41.0222, 8.5183)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB22C #302CB2

analogous

#B2732C #AEB22C #6BB22C

triadic

#AEB22C #2CAEB2 #B22CAE

tetradic

#AEB22C #2CB273 #302CB2 #B22C6B

square

#AEB22C #2CB273 #302CB2 #B22C6B

split-complementary

#AEB22C #2C6BB2 #732CB2

monochromatic

#4E5014 #7E8120 #AEB22C #CED249 #DBDE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#AEB22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB22C

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB22C	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)

#C0AA0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.149 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac870',
    500: '#aeb22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb22c;
$custom-light: #cac870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73714,
    "c": 0.14854,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB22C

secondary

#7673C6

accent

#44E449

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB22C

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

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