#AAAE47#AAAE47

#AAAE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.126 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE47
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(62, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 59.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -15.27, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 53.32, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0457 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.126 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8518, 39.2738, 11.8101)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE47 #4B47AE

analogous

#AE7E47 #AAAE47 #76AE47

triadic

#AAAE47 #47AAAE #AE47AA

tetradic

#AAAE47 #47AE7E #4B47AE #AE4776

square

#AAAE47 #47AE7E #4B47AE #AE4776

split-complementary

#AAAE47 #4776AE #7E47AE

monochromatic

#555724 #808335 #AAAE47 #C1C46E #D3D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AAAE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE47

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE47	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)

#BAA73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.126 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67e',
    500: '#aaae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae47;
$custom-light: #c6c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.33,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72704,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE47

secondary

#918FC2

accent

#56D25B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE47

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

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