#AAAE60#AAAE60

#AAAE60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.101 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE60
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 96)
HSL	hsl(63, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 45%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 44.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -13.04, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 41.49, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0368 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.101 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8255, 39.6633, 16.9380)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE60 #6460AE

analogous

#AE8B60 #AAAE60 #83AE60

triadic

#AAAE60 #60AAAE #AE60AA

tetradic

#AAAE60 #60AE8B #6460AE #AE6083

square

#AAAE60 #60AE8B #6460AE #AE6083

split-complementary

#AAAE60 #6083AE #8B60AE

monochromatic

#5F6232 #878A46 #AAAE60 #C0C389 #D5D7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAAE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AAAE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE60

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE60	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)

#B9A85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.101 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c68f',
    500: '#aaae60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae60;
$custom-light: #c5c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE60

secondary

#A6A4C6

accent

#5FC965

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE60

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

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