#AAAE5F#AAAE5F

#AAAE5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE5F
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 95)
HSL	hsl(63, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 45%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 45.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -13.14, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 41.98, 108.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0371 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.103 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7797, 39.6450, 16.6970)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE5F #635FAE

analogous

#AE8A5F #AAAE5F #82AE5F

triadic

#AAAE5F #5FAAAE #AE5FAA

tetradic

#AAAE5F #5FAE8A #635FAE #AE5F82

square

#AAAE5F #5FAE8A #635FAE #AE5F82

split-complementary

#AAAE5F #5F82AE #8A5FAE

monochromatic

#5F6131 #878A46 #AAAE5F #C0C388 #D5D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAAE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AAAE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE5F

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE5F	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c68e',
    500: '#aaae5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae5f;
$custom-light: #c5c68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.038,
    "s": 32.78,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73003,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE5F

secondary

#A5A3C6

accent

#5FC964

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE5F

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

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