#AAAE3D#AAAE3D

#AAAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.134 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE3D
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -15.95, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 57.57, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0487 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.134 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5569, 39.1559, 10.2568)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE3D #413DAE

analogous

#AE793D #AAAE3D #71AE3D

triadic

#AAAE3D #3DAAAE #AE3DAA

tetradic

#AAAE3D #3DAE79 #413DAE #AE3D71

square

#AAAE3D #3DAE79 #413DAE #AE3D71

split-complementary

#AAAE3D #3D71AE #793DAE

monochromatic

#51531D #7E812D #AAAE3D #C4C861 #D5D78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AAAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE3D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE3D	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)

#BBA62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.134 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c678',
    500: '#aaae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae3d;
$custom-light: #c6c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.124,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72609,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE3D

secondary

#8785C2

accent

#50D855

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE3D

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

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