#AAAE48#AAAE48

#AAAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.125 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE48
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(62, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -15.19, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 52.87, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0453 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.125 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8842, 39.2868, 11.9805)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE48 #4C48AE

analogous

#AE7F48 #AAAE48 #77AE48

triadic

#AAAE48 #48AAAE #AE48AA

tetradic

#AAAE48 #48AE7F #4C48AE #AE4877

square

#AAAE48 #48AE7F #4C48AE #AE4877

split-complementary

#AAAE48 #4877AE #7F48AE

monochromatic

#555724 #808336 #AAAE48 #C0C470 #D3D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AAAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE48

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE48	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.125 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67f',
    500: '#aaae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae48;
$custom-light: #c6c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72715,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE48

secondary

#9290C2

accent

#57D15B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE48

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

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