#AEBB22#AEBB22

#AEBB22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.163 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBB22
RGB	rgb(174, 187, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -22.04, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 71.67, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0682 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.163 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5157, 44.6555, 8.2615)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBB22 #2F22BB

analogous

#BB7B22 #AEBB22 #61BB22

triadic

#AEBB22 #22AEBB #BB22AE

tetradic

#AEBB22 #22BB7B #2F22BB #BB2261

square

#AEBB22 #22BB7B #2F22BB #BB2261

split-complementary

#AEBB22 #2261BB #7B22BB

monochromatic

#4E530F #7E8719 #AEBB22 #CFDC3E #DCE572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEBB22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#AEBB22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBB22

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBB22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBB22	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebb22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 187, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.163 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacf6d',
    500: '#aebb22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebb22;
$custom-light: #cacf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebb22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.098,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75682,
    "c": 0.16259,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBB22

secondary

#756DCC

accent

#3CEC4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBB22

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

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