#AAAE63#AAAE63

#AAAE63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.098 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE63
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 99)
HSL	hsl(63, 32%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 43%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 43.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -12.72, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 39.98, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0356 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.098 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9662, 39.7196, 17.6793)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE63 #6763AE

analogous

#AE8C63 #AAAE63 #84AE63

triadic

#AAAE63 #63AAAE #AE63AA

tetradic

#AAAE63 #63AE8C #6763AE #AE6384

square

#AAAE63 #63AE8C #6763AE #AE6384

split-complementary

#AAAE63 #6384AE #8C63AE

monochromatic

#616333 #888B48 #AAAE63 #C0C38B #D6D8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAAE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AAAE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE63

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE63	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)

#B8A85D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.098 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c691',
    500: '#aaae63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae63;
$custom-light: #c4c691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.2,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73063,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE63

secondary

#A8A6C6

accent

#60C866

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE63

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

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