#AAAE4E#AAAE4E

#AAAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.120 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE4E
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -14.72, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 50.15, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0433 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.12 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0895, 39.3689, 13.0621)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE4E #524EAE

analogous

#AE824E #AAAE4E #7AAE4E

triadic

#AAAE4E #4EAAAE #AE4EAA

tetradic

#AAAE4E #4EAE82 #524EAE #AE4E7A

square

#AAAE4E #4EAE82 #524EAE #AE4E7A

split-complementary

#AAAE4E #4E7AAE #824EAE

monochromatic

#575928 #81843B #AAAE4E #BFC277 #D3D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AAAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE4E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE4E	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)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.120 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c683',
    500: '#aaae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae4e;
$custom-light: #c5c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72781,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE4E

secondary

#9896C2

accent

#5ACE5F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE4E

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

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