#AAAE44#AAAE44

#AAAE44 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 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE44
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -15.48, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 54.63, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0466 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.129 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7579, 39.2363, 11.3155)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE44 #4844AE

analogous

#AE7D44 #AAAE44 #75AE44

triadic

#AAAE44 #44AAAE #AE44AA

tetradic

#AAAE44 #44AE7D #4844AE #AE4475

square

#AAAE44 #44AE7D #4844AE #AE4475

split-complementary

#AAAE44 #4475AE #7D44AE

monochromatic

#545622 #7F8233 #AAAE44 #C1C56A #D4D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AAAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE44

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE44	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67d',
    500: '#aaae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae44;
$custom-light: #c6c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72674,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE44

secondary

#8E8CC2

accent

#54D459

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE44

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

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