#AAAE30#AAAE30

#AAAE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.143 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE30
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -16.68, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 62.51, 105.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.052 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.143 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2482, 39.0324, 8.6310)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE30 #3430AE

analogous

#AE7330 #AAAE30 #6BAE30

triadic

#AAAE30 #30AAAE #AE30AA

tetradic

#AAAE30 #30AE73 #3430AE #AE306B

square

#AAAE30 #30AE73 #3430AE #AE306B

split-complementary

#AAAE30 #306BAE #7330AE

monochromatic

#4C4E16 #7B7E23 #AAAE30 #CACE4D #D8DB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#AAAE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE30

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE30	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.143 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c571',
    500: '#aaae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae30;
$custom-light: #c7c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.905,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72509,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE30

secondary

#7876C4

accent

#48E04D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE30

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

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