#AAAE21#AAAE21

#AAAE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.151 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE21
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -17.29, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 67.17, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0549 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.151 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9893, 38.9288, 7.2675)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE21 #2521AE

analogous

#AE6B21 #AAAE21 #63AE21

triadic

#AAAE21 #21AAAE #AE21AA

tetradic

#AAAE21 #21AE6B #2521AE #AE2163

square

#AAAE21 #21AE6B #2521AE #AE2163

split-complementary

#AAAE21 #2163AE #6B21AE

monochromatic

#45470D #787B17 #AAAE21 #D4D834 #DFE267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AAAE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE21

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE21	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.151 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56b',
    500: '#aaae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae21;
$custom-light: #c7c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.702,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72425,
    "c": 0.15085,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE21

secondary

#6663C8

accent

#3DEB42

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE21

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

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