#AAAE68#AAAE68

#AAAE68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.093 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE68
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 104)
HSL	hsl(63, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 40.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -12.17, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 37.45, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0336 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.093 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2127, 39.8182, 18.9774)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE68 #6C68AE

analogous

#AE8F68 #AAAE68 #87AE68

triadic

#AAAE68 #68AAAE #AE68AA

tetradic

#AAAE68 #68AE8F #6C68AE #AE6887

square

#AAAE68 #68AE8F #6C68AE #AE6887

split-complementary

#AAAE68 #6887AE #8F68AE

monochromatic

#636536 #898D4C #AAAE68 #C0C390 #D7D9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAAE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AAAE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE68

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE68	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)

#B8A863

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.093 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c694',
    500: '#aaae68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae68;
$custom-light: #c4c694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73142,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE68

secondary

#ACAAC8

accent

#61C667

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE68

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

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