#AAAE2D#AAAE2D

#AAAE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.145 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE2D
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -16.82, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 63.54, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0527 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.145 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1884, 39.0085, 8.3159)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE2D #312DAE

analogous

#AE712D #AAAE2D #6AAE2D

triadic

#AAAE2D #2DAAAE #AE2DAA

tetradic

#AAAE2D #2DAE71 #312DAE #AE2D6A

square

#AAAE2D #2DAE71 #312DAE #AE2D6A

split-complementary

#AAAE2D #2D6AAE #712DAE

monochromatic

#4B4D14 #7A7D20 #AAAE2D #CCD048 #D9DC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AAAE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE2D

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE2D	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)

#BCA611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.145 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c570',
    500: '#aaae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae2d;
$custom-light: #c7c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.86,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7249,
    "c": 0.14485,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE2D

secondary

#7572C4

accent

#46E24B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE2D

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

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