#AAAD2E#AAAD2E

#AAAD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.143 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD2E
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -16.26, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 62.82, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.051 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.143 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0154, 38.6313, 8.3544)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD2E #312EAD

analogous

#AD702E #AAAD2E #6BAD2E

triadic

#AAAD2E #2EAAAD #AD2EAA

tetradic

#AAAD2E #2EAD70 #312EAD #AD2E6B

square

#AAAD2E #2EAD70 #312EAD #AD2E6B

split-complementary

#AAAD2E #2E6BAD #702EAD

monochromatic

#4B4C14 #7A7D21 #AAAD2E #CCCF49 #D9DC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAAD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AAAD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD2E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD2E	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.143 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c570',
    500: '#aaad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad2e;
$custom-light: #c7c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.417,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72272,
    "c": 0.14323,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD2E

secondary

#7573C4

accent

#47E14A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD2E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →