Palettes / Colors / #AEBE22

#AEBE22 — Yellow

#AEBE22 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #AEBE22 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AEBE22 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #3122BF; it also sits naturally between #BF8022 and #60BF22. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 75% · Blue 13%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 82% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #AEBE22

.text { color: #AEBE22; }
.background { background-color: #AEBE22; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEBE22; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 190, 34); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 70%, 44%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEBE22; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 190, 34, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEBE22; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 190, 34, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEBE22">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEBE22">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEBE22

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Tones of #AEBE22

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3122BF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AEBE22: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEBE22

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #AEBE22 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AEBE22 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEBE22?

#AEBE22 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 174, 190, 34). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEBE22?

#AEBE22 is RGB 174, 190, 34 — HSL 66°, 70%, 44% — CMYK 8%, 0%, 82%, 25%.

What colors go with #AEBE22?

Its complement is #3122BF; analogous partners are #BF8022 and #60BF22. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEBE22 for text?

Black text on #AEBE22 has a contrast ratio of 10.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.06:1.