#AAAE40#AAAE40

#AAAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.132 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE40
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -15.76, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 56.33, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0478 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.132 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6400, 39.1891, 10.6943)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE40 #4440AE

analogous

#AE7B40 #AAAE40 #73AE40

triadic

#AAAE40 #40AAAE #AE40AA

tetradic

#AAAE40 #40AE7B #4440AE #AE4073

square

#AAAE40 #40AE7B #4440AE #AE4073

split-complementary

#AAAE40 #4073AE #7B40AE

monochromatic

#53551F #7E8130 #AAAE40 #C3C665 #D4D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AAAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE40

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE40	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.132 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67a',
    500: '#aaae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae40;
$custom-light: #c6c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.182,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.13189,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE40

secondary

#8A88C2

accent

#52D657

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE40

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

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