#AAAE52#AAAE52

#AAAE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.116 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE52
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -14.38, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 48.28, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0419 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.116 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2373, 39.4280, 13.8405)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE52 #5652AE

analogous

#AE8452 #AAAE52 #7CAE52

triadic

#AAAE52 #52AAAE #AE52AA

tetradic

#AAAE52 #52AE84 #5652AE #AE527C

square

#AAAE52 #52AE84 #5652AE #AE527C

split-complementary

#AAAE52 #527CAE #8452AE

monochromatic

#595B2B #82853E #AAAE52 #BEC27C #D3D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AAAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE52

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE52	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.116 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c685',
    500: '#aaae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae52;
$custom-light: #c5c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72829,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE52

secondary

#9B99C2

accent

#5CCC60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE52

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

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