#AAAE58#AAAE58

#AAAE58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE58
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 88)
HSL	hsl(63, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 49.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -13.83, 43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 45.42, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0398 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.11 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4757, 39.5234, 15.0960)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE58 #5C58AE

analogous

#AE8758 #AAAE58 #7FAE58

triadic

#AAAE58 #58AAAE #AE58AA

tetradic

#AAAE58 #58AE87 #5C58AE #AE587F

square

#AAAE58 #58AE87 #5C58AE #AE587F

split-complementary

#AAAE58 #587FAE #8758AE

monochromatic

#5C5E2E #848742 #AAAE58 #BFC281 #D4D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAAE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AAAE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE58

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE58	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c689',
    500: '#aaae58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae58;
$custom-light: #c5c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.791,
    "s": 34.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72906,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE58

secondary

#A09EC4

accent

#5DCB62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE58

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

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