#AAAE51#AAAE51

#AAAE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE51
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -14.46, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 48.75, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0423 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.117 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1996, 39.4129, 13.6416)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE51 #5551AE

analogous

#AE8451 #AAAE51 #7BAE51

triadic

#AAAE51 #51AAAE #AE51AA

tetradic

#AAAE51 #51AE84 #5551AE #AE517B

square

#AAAE51 #51AE84 #5551AE #AE517B

split-complementary

#AAAE51 #517BAE #8451AE

monochromatic

#585A2A #81843E #AAAE51 #BEC17B #D3D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AAAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE51

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE51	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#BAA748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c685',
    500: '#aaae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae51;
$custom-light: #c5c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.581,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72817,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE51

secondary

#9A99C2

accent

#5BCC60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE51

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

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