#AAAE38#AAAE38

#AAAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.138 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE38
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -16.25, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 59.56, 105.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.05 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.138 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4284, 39.1045, 9.5803)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE38 #3C38AE

analogous

#AE7738 #AAAE38 #6FAE38

triadic

#AAAE38 #38AAAE #AE38AA

tetradic

#AAAE38 #38AE77 #3C38AE #AE386F

square

#AAAE38 #38AE77 #3C38AE #AE386F

split-complementary

#AAAE38 #386FAE #7738AE

monochromatic

#50511A #7D8029 #AAAE38 #C6CA59 #D6D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AAAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE38

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE38	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)

#BBA626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.138 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c676',
    500: '#aaae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae38;
$custom-light: #c6c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.034,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72567,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE38

secondary

#817FC3

accent

#4DDB52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE38

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

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