#AAAE46#AAAE46

#AAAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.127 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE46
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -15.34, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 53.76, 106.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.046 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.127 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8200, 39.2611, 11.6424)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE46 #4A46AE

analogous

#AE7E46 #AAAE46 #76AE46

triadic

#AAAE46 #46AAAE #AE46AA

tetradic

#AAAE46 #46AE7E #4A46AE #AE4676

square

#AAAE46 #46AE7E #4A46AE #AE4676

split-complementary

#AAAE46 #4676AE #7E46AE

monochromatic

#555723 #7F8234 #AAAE46 #C1C46D #D3D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AAAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE46

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE46	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)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.127 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67e',
    500: '#aaae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae46;
$custom-light: #c6c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72694,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE46

secondary

#908EC2

accent

#55D25A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE46

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

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