#AAAE36#AAAE36

#AAAE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.139 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE36
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -16.36, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 60.33, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0505 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.139 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3805, 39.0853, 9.3278)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE36 #3A36AE

analogous

#AE7636 #AAAE36 #6EAE36

triadic

#AAAE36 #36AAAE #AE36AA

tetradic

#AAAE36 #36AE76 #3A36AE #AE366E

square

#AAAE36 #36AE76 #3A36AE #AE366E

split-complementary

#AAAE36 #366EAE #7636AE

monochromatic

#4F5119 #7C7F28 #AAAE36 #C7CB56 #D6D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AAAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE36

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE36	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)

#BBA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.139 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c675',
    500: '#aaae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae36;
$custom-light: #c6c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72552,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE36

secondary

#7F7DC3

accent

#4CDC51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE36

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

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