#AAAE29#AAAE29

#AAAE29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.147 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE29
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 41)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -16.99, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 64.84, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0535 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.147 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1150, 38.9791, 7.9294)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE29 #2D29AE

analogous

#AE7029 #AAAE29 #67AE29

triadic

#AAAE29 #29AAAE #AE29AA

tetradic

#AAAE29 #29AE70 #2D29AE #AE2967

square

#AAAE29 #29AE70 #2D29AE #AE2967

split-complementary

#AAAE29 #2967AE #7029AE

monochromatic

#494B12 #7A7C1D #AAAE29 #CED242 #DBDE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAE29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AAAE29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE29

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE29	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)

#BCA605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.147 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56e',
    500: '#aaae29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae29;
$custom-light: #c7c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.805,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72466,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE29

secondary

#706DC5

accent

#43E548

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE29

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

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