#AAAE2A#AAAE2A

#AAAE2A 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	#AAAE2A
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -16.95, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 64.53, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0533 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.147 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1326, 38.9862, 8.0225)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE2A #2E2AAE

analogous

#AE702A #AAAE2A #68AE2A

triadic

#AAAE2A #2AAAAE #AE2AAA

tetradic

#AAAE2A #2AAE70 #2E2AAE #AE2A68

square

#AAAE2A #2AAE70 #2E2AAE #AE2A68

split-complementary

#AAAE2A #2A68AE #702AAE

monochromatic

#4A4B12 #7A7D1E #AAAE2A #CDD243 #DADE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AAAE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE2A

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE2A	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)

#BCA608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.147 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56f',
    500: '#aaae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae2a;
$custom-light: #c7c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72472,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE2A

secondary

#716FC5

accent

#44E448

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE2A

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

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