#AAAE53#AAAE53

#AAAE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE53
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -14.29, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 47.81, 107.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0416 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.115 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2757, 39.4434, 14.0424)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE53 #5753AE

analogous

#AE8453 #AAAE53 #7DAE53

triadic

#AAAE53 #53AAAE #AE53AA

tetradic

#AAAE53 #53AE84 #5753AE #AE537D

square

#AAAE53 #53AE84 #5753AE #AE537D

split-complementary

#AAAE53 #537DAE #8453AE

monochromatic

#595C2B #82853F #AAAE53 #BFC27D #D3D5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AAAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE53

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE53	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)

#BAA74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c686',
    500: '#aaae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae53;
$custom-light: #c5c686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.637,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72841,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE53

secondary

#9C9AC3

accent

#5CCC61

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE53

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

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