#AAAE32#AAAE32

#AAAE32 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	#AAAE32
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -16.58, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 61.80, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0515 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.142 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2904, 39.0493, 8.8533)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE32 #3632AE

analogous

#AE7432 #AAAE32 #6CAE32

triadic

#AAAE32 #32AAAE #AE32AA

tetradic

#AAAE32 #32AE74 #3632AE #AE326C

square

#AAAE32 #32AE74 #3632AE #AE326C

split-complementary

#AAAE32 #326CAE #7432AE

monochromatic

#4D4F17 #7C7E24 #AAAE32 #C9CD50 #D8DA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#AAAE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE32

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE32	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)

#BCA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.142 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c572',
    500: '#aaae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae32;
$custom-light: #c7c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72523,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE32

secondary

#7B78C4

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE32

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

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