#AEB22D#AEB22D

#AEB22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.148 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB22D
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -17.12, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 65.04, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0537 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.148 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8508, 41.0298, 8.6185)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB22D #312DB2

analogous

#B2732D #AEB22D #6BB22D

triadic

#AEB22D #2DAEB2 #B22DAE

tetradic

#AEB22D #2DB273 #312DB2 #B22D6B

square

#AEB22D #2DB273 #312DB2 #B22D6B

split-complementary

#AEB22D #2D6BB2 #732DB2

monochromatic

#4E5014 #7E8121 #AEB22D #CDD14B #DBDE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#AEB22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB22D

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB22D	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.148 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac870',
    500: '#aeb22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb22d;
$custom-light: #cac870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.805,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7372,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB22D

secondary

#7775C6

accent

#45E34A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB22D

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

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