#AAAD4E#AAAD4E

#AAAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.119 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD4E
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -14.20, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 49.70, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0419 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.119 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8971, 38.9840, 12.9980)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD4E #514EAD

analogous

#AD814E #AAAD4E #7BAD4E

triadic

#AAAD4E #4EAAAD #AD4EAA

tetradic

#AAAD4E #4EAD81 #514EAD #AD4E7B

square

#AAAD4E #4EAD81 #514EAD #AD4E7B

split-complementary

#AAAD4E #4E7BAD #814EAD

monochromatic

#575928 #81833B #AAAD4E #BFC277 #D3D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AAAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD4E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD4E	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.119 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c583',
    500: '#aaad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad4e;
$custom-light: #c5c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.895,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72559,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD4E

secondary

#9795C2

accent

#5ACE5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD4E

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

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