#AEC22C#AEC22C

#AEC22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.166 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC22C
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 44)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 77.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -25.10, 67.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 71.73, 110.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0759 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.166 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2029, 47.7645, 9.6420)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC22C #402CC2

analogous

#C28B2C #AEC22C #63C22C

triadic

#AEC22C #2CAEC2 #C22CAE

tetradic

#AEC22C #2CC28B #402CC2 #C22C63

square

#AEC22C #2CC28B #402CC2 #C22C63

split-complementary

#AEC22C #2C63C2 #8B2CC2

monochromatic

#555E15 #819021 #AEC22C #C6D853 #D7E385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#AEC22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC22C

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC22C	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.166 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad472',
    500: '#aec22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec22c;
$custom-light: #cad472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77312,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC22C

secondary

#887DCD

accent

#42E658

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC22C

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

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