#AAAE49#AAAE49

#AAAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.124 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE49
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -15.11, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 52.43, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.045 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.124 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9171, 39.2999, 12.1537)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE49 #4D49AE

analogous

#AE7F49 #AAAE49 #77AE49

triadic

#AAAE49 #49AAAE #AE49AA

tetradic

#AAAE49 #49AE7F #4D49AE #AE4977

square

#AAAE49 #49AE7F #4D49AE #AE4977

split-complementary

#AAAE49 #4977AE #7F49AE

monochromatic

#565825 #808337 #AAAE49 #C0C371 #D3D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AAAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE49

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE49	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)

#BAA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.124 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c680',
    500: '#aaae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae49;
$custom-light: #c6c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.376,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72725,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE49

secondary

#9391C2

accent

#57D15C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE49

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

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