#AAAE66#AAAE66

#AAAE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.095 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE66
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(63, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 41%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 41.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -12.39, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 38.47, 108.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0344 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.095 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1123, 39.7780, 18.4487)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE66 #6A66AE

analogous

#AE8E66 #AAAE66 #86AE66

triadic

#AAAE66 #66AAAE #AE66AA

tetradic

#AAAE66 #66AE8E #6A66AE #AE6686

square

#AAAE66 #66AE8E #6A66AE #AE6686

split-complementary

#AAAE66 #6686AE #8E66AE

monochromatic

#626435 #898C4A #AAAE66 #C0C38E #D6D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAAE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AAAE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE66

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE66	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.095 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c693',
    500: '#aaae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae66;
$custom-light: #c4c693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7311,
    "c": 0.09479,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE66

secondary

#AAA9C7

accent

#61C766

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE66

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

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