#AAAE2B#AAAE2B

#AAAE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.146 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE2B
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -16.91, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 64.20, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0531 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.146 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1508, 38.9934, 8.1179)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE2B #2F2BAE

analogous

#AE702B #AAAE2B #69AE2B

triadic

#AAAE2B #2BAAAE #AE2BAA

tetradic

#AAAE2B #2BAE70 #2F2BAE #AE2B69

square

#AAAE2B #2BAE70 #2F2BAE #AE2B69

split-complementary

#AAAE2B #2B69AE #702BAE

monochromatic

#4A4C13 #7A7D1F #AAAE2B #CDD145 #DADD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AAAE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE2B

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE2B	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)

#BCA60B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.146 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56f',
    500: '#aaae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae2b;
$custom-light: #c7c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72478,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE2B

secondary

#7270C5

accent

#44E449

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE2B

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

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