#AAAE50#AAAE50

#AAAE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE50
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(63, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -14.55, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 49.22, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0426 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.118 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1623, 39.3980, 13.4455)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE50 #5450AE

analogous

#AE8350 #AAAE50 #7BAE50

triadic

#AAAE50 #50AAAE #AE50AA

tetradic

#AAAE50 #50AE83 #5450AE #AE507B

square

#AAAE50 #50AE83 #5450AE #AE507B

split-complementary

#AAAE50 #507BAE #8350AE

monochromatic

#585A29 #81843D #AAAE50 #BFC27A #D3D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AAAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE50

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE50	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)

#BAA747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c684',
    500: '#aaae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae50;
$custom-light: #c5c684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72805,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE50

secondary

#9998C2

accent

#5BCD60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE50

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

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