#AAAE41#AAAE41

#AAAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.131 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE41
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -15.69, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 55.91, 106.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0475 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.131 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6687, 39.2006, 10.8456)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE41 #4541AE

analogous

#AE7C41 #AAAE41 #74AE41

triadic

#AAAE41 #41AAAE #AE41AA

tetradic

#AAAE41 #41AE7C #4541AE #AE4174

square

#AAAE41 #41AE7C #4541AE #AE4174

split-complementary

#AAAE41 #4174AE #7C41AE

monochromatic

#535520 #7E8130 #AAAE41 #C2C666 #D4D793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AAAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE41

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE41	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)

#BBA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.131 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67b',
    500: '#aaae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae41;
$custom-light: #c6c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.202,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72645,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE41

secondary

#8B89C2

accent

#53D557

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE41

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

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