#AAAE4F#AAAE4F

#AAAE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE4F
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -14.63, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 49.69, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.043 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.119 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1257, 39.3834, 13.2524)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE4F #534FAE

analogous

#AE824F #AAAE4F #7BAE4F

triadic

#AAAE4F #4FAAAE #AE4FAA

tetradic

#AAAE4F #4FAE82 #534FAE #AE4F7B

square

#AAAE4F #4FAE82 #534FAE #AE4F7B

split-complementary

#AAAE4F #4F7BAE #824FAE

monochromatic

#585A29 #81843C #AAAE4F #BFC278 #D3D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AAAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE4F

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE4F	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c683',
    500: '#aaae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae4f;
$custom-light: #c5c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.526,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72793,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE4F

secondary

#9997C2

accent

#5ACE5F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE4F

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

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