#AAAE35#AAAE35

#AAAE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.140 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE35
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -16.42, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 60.70, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0508 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.14 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3573, 39.0760, 9.2054)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE35 #3935AE

analogous

#AE7535 #AAAE35 #6EAE35

triadic

#AAAE35 #35AAAE #AE35AA

tetradic

#AAAE35 #35AE75 #3935AE #AE356E

square

#AAAE35 #35AE75 #3935AE #AE356E

split-complementary

#AAAE35 #356EAE #7535AE

monochromatic

#4E5018 #7C7F27 #AAAE35 #C7CB55 #D7DA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AAAE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE35

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE35	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.140 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c674',
    500: '#aaae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae35;
$custom-light: #c6c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.983,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72544,
    "c": 0.1399,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE35

secondary

#7E7CC3

accent

#4BDD50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE35

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

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