#AAAE3B#AAAE3B

#AAAE3B 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 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE3B
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -16.08, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 58.38, 105.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0492 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.136 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5040, 39.1347, 9.9783)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE3B #3F3BAE

analogous

#AE783B #AAAE3B #70AE3B

triadic

#AAAE3B #3BAAAE #AE3BAA

tetradic

#AAAE3B #3BAE78 #3F3BAE #AE3B70

square

#AAAE3B #3BAE78 #3F3BAE #AE3B70

split-complementary

#AAAE3B #3B70AE #783BAE

monochromatic

#51531C #7D802C #AAAE3B #C5C85E #D5D88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AAAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE3B

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE3B	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.136 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c677',
    500: '#aaae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae3b;
$custom-light: #c6c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.087,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE3B

secondary

#8582C2

accent

#4FD954

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE3B

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

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