#AAAE61#AAAE61

#AAAE61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.100 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE61
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 44.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -12.93, 38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 40.99, 108.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0364 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.1 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8718, 39.6818, 17.1820)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE61 #6561AE

analogous

#AE8B61 #AAAE61 #83AE61

triadic

#AAAE61 #61AAAE #AE61AA

tetradic

#AAAE61 #61AE8B #6561AE #AE6183

square

#AAAE61 #61AE8B #6561AE #AE6183

split-complementary

#AAAE61 #6183AE #8B61AE

monochromatic

#606232 #878B47 #AAAE61 #C0C389 #D6D7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AAAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE61

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE61	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.100 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c68f',
    500: '#aaae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae61;
$custom-light: #c5c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.117,
    "s": 32.218,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73033,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE61

secondary

#A7A5C6

accent

#5FC865

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE61

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

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