#AEB22E#AEB22E

#AEB22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.147 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB22E
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -17.08, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 64.71, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0535 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.147 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8702, 41.0376, 8.7211)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB22E #322EB2

analogous

#B2742E #AEB22E #6CB22E

triadic

#AEB22E #2EAEB2 #B22EAE

tetradic

#AEB22E #2EB274 #322EB2 #B22E6C

square

#AEB22E #2EB274 #322EB2 #B22E6C

split-complementary

#AEB22E #2E6CB2 #742EB2

monochromatic

#4F5115 #7E8121 #AEB22E #CDD14C #DADD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#AEB22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB22E

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB22E	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)

#C0AA11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.147 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac871',
    500: '#aeb22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb22e;
$custom-light: #cac871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73726,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB22E

secondary

#7876C6

accent

#46E24A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB22E

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

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