#AAAE4A#AAAE4A

#AAAE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.123 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE4A
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(62, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -15.04, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 51.98, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0447 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.123 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9505, 39.3133, 12.3297)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE4A #4E4AAE

analogous

#AE804A #AAAE4A #78AE4A

triadic

#AAAE4A #4AAAAE #AE4AAA

tetradic

#AAAE4A #4AAE80 #4E4AAE #AE4A78

square

#AAAE4A #4AAE80 #4E4AAE #AE4A78

split-complementary

#AAAE4A #4A78AE #804AAE

monochromatic

#565825 #808338 #AAAE4A #C0C372 #D3D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AAAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE4A

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE4A	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)

#BAA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.123 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c680',
    500: '#aaae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae4a;
$custom-light: #c6c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72736,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE4A

secondary

#9492C2

accent

#58D05C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE4A

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

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