#AEC22D#AEC22D

#AEC22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.165 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEC22D
RGB	rgb(174, 194, 45)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 76.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -25.06, 66.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 71.43, 110.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0757 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.165 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2219, 47.7721, 9.7422)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEC22D #412DC2

analogous

#C28C2D #AEC22D #63C22D

triadic

#AEC22D #2DAEC2 #C22DAE

tetradic

#AEC22D #2DC28C #412DC2 #C22D63

square

#AEC22D #2DC28C #412DC2 #C22D63

split-complementary

#AEC22D #2D63C2 #8C2DC2

monochromatic

#555F16 #819021 #AEC22D #C6D755 #D7E386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEC22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#AEC22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEC22D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEC22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEC22D	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)

#CDB93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aec22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 194, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.165 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad472',
    500: '#aec22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aec22d;
$custom-light: #cad472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aec22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.054,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77317,
    "c": 0.16508,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEC22D

secondary

#897ECD

accent

#42E558

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEC22D

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

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