#AAAD55#AAAD55

#AAAD55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD55
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 50.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -13.59, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 46.40, 107.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0394 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.112 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1615, 39.0898, 14.3908)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD55 #5855AD

analogous

#AD8455 #AAAD55 #7EAD55

triadic

#AAAD55 #55AAAD #AD55AA

tetradic

#AAAD55 #55AD84 #5855AD #AD557E

square

#AAAD55 #55AD84 #5855AD #AD557E

split-complementary

#AAAD55 #557EAD #8455AD

monochromatic

#5A5B2C #828540 #AAAD55 #BFC17E #D3D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AAAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD55

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD55	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c587',
    500: '#aaad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad55;
$custom-light: #c5c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.045,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72645,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD55

secondary

#9D9BC2

accent

#5DCB61

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD55

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

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