#AAAE43#AAAE43

#AAAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE43
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -15.55, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 55.06, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0469 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.129 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7276, 39.2242, 11.1561)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE43 #4743AE

analogous

#AE7D43 #AAAE43 #75AE43

triadic

#AAAE43 #43AAAE #AE43AA

tetradic

#AAAE43 #43AE7D #4743AE #AE4375

square

#AAAE43 #43AE7D #4743AE #AE4375

split-complementary

#AAAE43 #4375AE #7D43AE

monochromatic

#545621 #7F8232 #AAAE43 #C2C569 #D4D695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AAAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE43

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE43	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)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67c',
    500: '#aaae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae43;
$custom-light: #c6c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.243,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72664,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE43

secondary

#8D8BC2

accent

#54D458

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE43

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

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