#AAAE3E#AAAE3E

#AAAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.133 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE3E
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -15.89, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 57.16, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0484 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.133 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5841, 39.1667, 10.4000)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE3E #423EAE

analogous

#AE7A3E #AAAE3E #72AE3E

triadic

#AAAE3E #3EAAAE #AE3EAA

tetradic

#AAAE3E #3EAE7A #423EAE #AE3E72

square

#AAAE3E #3EAE7A #423EAE #AE3E72

split-complementary

#AAAE3E #3E72AE #7A3EAE

monochromatic

#52541E #7E812E #AAAE3E #C3C762 #D5D78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AAAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE3E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE3E	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)

#BBA62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.133 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c679',
    500: '#aaae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae3e;
$custom-light: #c6c679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72618,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE3E

secondary

#8886C2

accent

#51D756

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE3E

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

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