#AAAE3A#AAAE3A

#AAAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.136 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE3A
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -16.14, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 58.78, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0495 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.136 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4783, 39.1244, 9.8431)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE3A #3E3AAE

analogous

#AE783A #AAAE3A #70AE3A

triadic

#AAAE3A #3AAAAE #AE3AAA

tetradic

#AAAE3A #3AAE78 #3E3AAE #AE3A70

square

#AAAE3A #3AAE78 #3E3AAE #AE3A70

split-complementary

#AAAE3A #3A70AE #783AAE

monochromatic

#50521B #7D802B #AAAE3A #C5C95C #D5D88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AAAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE3A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE3A	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)

#BBA629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.136 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c677',
    500: '#aaae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae3a;
$custom-light: #c6c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE3A

secondary

#8481C2

accent

#4EDA53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE3A

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

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