#AAAE2E#AAAE2E

#AAAE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.144 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE2E
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -16.77, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 63.21, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0524 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.144 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2078, 39.0162, 8.4185)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE2E #322EAE

analogous

#AE722E #AAAE2E #6AAE2E

triadic

#AAAE2E #2EAAAE #AE2EAA

tetradic

#AAAE2E #2EAE72 #322EAE #AE2E6A

square

#AAAE2E #2EAE72 #322EAE #AE2E6A

split-complementary

#AAAE2E #2E6AAE #722EAE

monochromatic

#4B4D14 #7B7E21 #AAAE2E #CBCF4A #D9DC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AAAE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE2E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE2E	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)

#BCA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.144 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c570',
    500: '#aaae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae2e;
$custom-light: #c7c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72496,
    "c": 0.14427,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE2E

secondary

#7674C4

accent

#46E14B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE2E

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

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