#AAAE45#AAAE45

#AAAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.128 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE45
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -15.41, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 54.19, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0463 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.128 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7887, 39.2486, 11.4776)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE45 #4945AE

analogous

#AE7E45 #AAAE45 #75AE45

triadic

#AAAE45 #45AAAE #AE45AA

tetradic

#AAAE45 #45AE7E #4945AE #AE4575

square

#AAAE45 #45AE7E #4945AE #AE4575

split-complementary

#AAAE45 #4575AE #7E45AE

monochromatic

#545622 #7F8234 #AAAE45 #C1C56C #D4D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AAAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE45

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE45	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)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.128 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67d',
    500: '#aaae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae45;
$custom-light: #c6c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.286,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72684,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE45

secondary

#8F8DC2

accent

#55D35A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE45

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

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