#AAAE31#AAAE31

#AAAE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.142 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE31
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -16.63, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 62.16, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0518 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.142 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2691, 39.0407, 8.7409)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE31 #3531AE

analogous

#AE7331 #AAAE31 #6BAE31

triadic

#AAAE31 #31AAAE #AE31AA

tetradic

#AAAE31 #31AE73 #3531AE #AE316B

square

#AAAE31 #31AE73 #3531AE #AE316B

split-complementary

#AAAE31 #316BAE #7331AE

monochromatic

#4D4E16 #7B7E24 #AAAE31 #C9CD4F #D8DB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#AAAE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE31

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE31	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)

#BCA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.142 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c572',
    500: '#aaae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae31;
$custom-light: #c7c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.92,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72516,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE31

secondary

#7A77C4

accent

#48DF4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE31

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

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