#AAAE65#AAAE65

#AAAE65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.096 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE65
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 101)
HSL	hsl(63, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 42%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -12.50, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 38.98, 108.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0348 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.096 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0630, 39.7583, 18.1891)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE65 #6965AE

analogous

#AE8E65 #AAAE65 #86AE65

triadic

#AAAE65 #65AAAE #AE65AA

tetradic

#AAAE65 #65AE8E #6965AE #AE6586

square

#AAAE65 #65AE8E #6965AE #AE6586

split-complementary

#AAAE65 #6586AE #8E65AE

monochromatic

#616435 #888C4A #AAAE65 #C0C38D #D6D8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAAE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AAAE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE65

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE65	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.096 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c692',
    500: '#aaae65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae65;
$custom-light: #c4c692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.288,
    "s": 31.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73094,
    "c": 0.09593,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE65

secondary

#AAA8C7

accent

#61C766

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE65

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

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