#AAAE23#AAAE23

#AAAE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.150 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE23
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -17.22, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 66.62, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0546 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.15 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0181, 38.9404, 7.4194)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE23 #2723AE

analogous

#AE6C23 #AAAE23 #64AE23

triadic

#AAAE23 #23AAAE #AE23AA

tetradic

#AAAE23 #23AE6C #2723AE #AE2364

square

#AAAE23 #23AE6C #2723AE #AE2364

split-complementary

#AAAE23 #2364AE #6C23AE

monochromatic

#46480F #787B19 #AAAE23 #D2D737 #DEE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AAAE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE23

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE23	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)

#BDA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.150 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56b',
    500: '#aaae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae23;
$custom-light: #c7c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.727,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72435,
    "c": 0.14998,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE23

secondary

#6966C7

accent

#3EE943

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE23

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

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