#AAAE59#AAAE59

#AAAE59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE59
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -13.74, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 44.93, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0394 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.109 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5174, 39.5401, 15.3156)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE59 #5D59AE

analogous

#AE8859 #AAAE59 #80AE59

triadic

#AAAE59 #59AAAE #AE59AA

tetradic

#AAAE59 #59AE88 #5D59AE #AE5980

square

#AAAE59 #59AE88 #5D59AE #AE5980

split-complementary

#AAAE59 #5980AE #8859AE

monochromatic

#5C5E2E #848842 #AAAE59 #BFC282 #D4D6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AAAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE59

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE59	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c68a',
    500: '#aaae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae59;
$custom-light: #c5c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.824,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72919,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE59

secondary

#A09FC4

accent

#5DCA62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE59

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

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