#AAAE25#AAAE25

#AAAE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.149 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE25
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -17.15, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 66.05, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0543 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.149 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0487, 38.9526, 7.5803)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE25 #2925AE

analogous

#AE6E25 #AAAE25 #66AE25

triadic

#AAAE25 #25AAAE #AE25AA

tetradic

#AAAE25 #25AE6E #2925AE #AE2566

square

#AAAE25 #25AE6E #2925AE #AE2566

split-complementary

#AAAE25 #2566AE #6E25AE

monochromatic

#474910 #797C1A #AAAE25 #D1D53B #DDE06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AAAE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE25

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE25	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)

#BDA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.149 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56c',
    500: '#aaae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae25;
$custom-light: #c7c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72444,
    "c": 0.14905,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE25

secondary

#6B68C6

accent

#40E845

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE25

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

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