#AAAE55#AAAE55

#AAAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE55
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -14.11, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 46.86, 107.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0409 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.113 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3540, 39.4747, 14.4549)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE55 #5955AE

analogous

#AE8555 #AAAE55 #7DAE55

triadic

#AAAE55 #55AAAE #AE55AA

tetradic

#AAAE55 #55AE85 #5955AE #AE557D

square

#AAAE55 #55AE85 #5955AE #AE557D

split-complementary

#AAAE55 #557DAE #8555AE

monochromatic

#5A5D2C #838640 #AAAE55 #BFC27E #D3D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AAAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE55

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE55	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)

#BAA74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c687',
    500: '#aaae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae55;
$custom-light: #c5c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.697,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72866,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE55

secondary

#9D9CC3

accent

#5CCB61

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE55

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

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