#AAAE4B#AAAE4B

#AAAE4B 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 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE4B
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(62, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 56.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -14.96, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 51.52, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0443 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.123 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9844, 39.3269, 12.5085)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE4B #4F4BAE

analogous

#AE814B #AAAE4B #79AE4B

triadic

#AAAE4B #4BAAAE #AE4BAA

tetradic

#AAAE4B #4BAE81 #4F4BAE #AE4B79

square

#AAAE4B #4BAE81 #4F4BAE #AE4B79

split-complementary

#AAAE4B #4B79AE #814BAE

monochromatic

#565826 #808339 #AAAE4B #C0C373 #D3D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AAAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE4B

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE4B	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.123 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c681',
    500: '#aaae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae4b;
$custom-light: #c6c681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.424,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72747,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE4B

secondary

#9593C2

accent

#58D05D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE4B

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

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