#AAAE42#AAAE42

#AAAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE42
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -15.62, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 55.49, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0472 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.13 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6979, 39.2123, 10.9995)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE42 #4642AE

analogous

#AE7C42 #AAAE42 #74AE42

triadic

#AAAE42 #42AAAE #AE42AA

tetradic

#AAAE42 #42AE7C #4642AE #AE4274

square

#AAAE42 #42AE7C #4642AE #AE4274

split-complementary

#AAAE42 #4274AE #7C42AE

monochromatic

#535520 #7F8231 #AAAE42 #C2C668 #D4D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AAAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE42

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE42	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67b',
    500: '#aaae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae42;
$custom-light: #c6c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE42

secondary

#8C8AC2

accent

#53D558

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE42

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

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