#AAAE69#AAAE69

#AAAE69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.091 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE69
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 105)
HSL	hsl(63, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 39.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -12.06, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 36.94, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0332 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.091 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2638, 39.8386, 19.2465)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE69 #6D69AE

analogous

#AE8F69 #AAAE69 #88AE69

triadic

#AAAE69 #69AAAE #AE69AA

tetradic

#AAAE69 #69AE8F #6D69AE #AE6988

square

#AAAE69 #69AE8F #6D69AE #AE6988

split-complementary

#AAAE69 #6988AE #8F69AE

monochromatic

#636637 #8A8D4C #AAAE69 #C1C391 #D7D9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAAE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AAAE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE69

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE69	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A864

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.091 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c695',
    500: '#aaae69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae69;
$custom-light: #c4c695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73159,
    "c": 0.09135,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE69

secondary

#ADABC8

accent

#62C668

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE69

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

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