#AAAE4C#AAAE4C

#AAAE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE4C
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(62, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 56.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -14.88, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 51.07, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.044 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.122 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0189, 39.3407, 12.6902)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE4C #504CAE

analogous

#AE814C #AAAE4C #79AE4C

triadic

#AAAE4C #4CAAAE #AE4CAA

tetradic

#AAAE4C #4CAE81 #504CAE #AE4C79

square

#AAAE4C #4CAE81 #504CAE #AE4C79

split-complementary

#AAAE4C #4C79AE #814CAE

monochromatic

#575927 #808339 #AAAE4C #BFC375 #D3D59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AAAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE4C

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE4C	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)

#BAA742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c681',
    500: '#aaae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae4c;
$custom-light: #c5c681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72758,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE4C

secondary

#9694C2

accent

#59CF5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE4C

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

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