#AAAD50#AAAD50

#AAAD50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD50
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 53.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -14.03, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 48.77, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0412 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.117 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9699, 39.0131, 13.3814)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD50 #5350AD

analogous

#AD8150 #AAAD50 #7CAD50

triadic

#AAAD50 #50AAAD #AD50AA

tetradic

#AAAD50 #50AD81 #5350AD #AD507C

square

#AAAD50 #50AD81 #5350AD #AD507C

split-complementary

#AAAD50 #507CAD #8150AD

monochromatic

#585929 #81833D #AAAD50 #BFC179 #D3D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AAAD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD50

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD50	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)

#B9A647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c584',
    500: '#aaad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad50;
$custom-light: #c5c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72583,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD50

secondary

#9997C2

accent

#5BCD5F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD50

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

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