#AAAE4D#AAAE4D

#AAAE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.121 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE4D
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(62, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -14.80, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 50.61, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0437 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.121 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0540, 39.3547, 12.8747)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE4D #514DAE

analogous

#AE824D #AAAE4D #7AAE4D

triadic

#AAAE4D #4DAAAE #AE4DAA

tetradic

#AAAE4D #4DAE82 #514DAE #AE4D7A

square

#AAAE4D #4DAE82 #514DAE #AE4D7A

split-complementary

#AAAE4D #4D7AAE #824DAE

monochromatic

#575927 #81843A #AAAE4D #BFC276 #D3D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AAAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE4D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE4D	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)

#BAA743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.121 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c682',
    500: '#aaae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae4d;
$custom-light: #c5c682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.474,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE4D

secondary

#9795C2

accent

#59CF5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE4D

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

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