#AAAE70#AAAE70

#AAAE70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.083 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE70
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 112)
HSL	hsl(64, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 36%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 35.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -11.22, 31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 33.34, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0303 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.083 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6385, 39.9885, 21.2199)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE70 #7470AE

analogous

#AE9370 #AAAE70 #8BAE70

triadic

#AAAE70 #70AAAE #AE70AA

tetradic

#AAAE70 #70AE93 #7470AE #AE708B

square

#AAAE70 #70AE93 #7470AE #AE708B

split-complementary

#AAAE70 #708BAE #9370AE

monochromatic

#66683B #8B9051 #AAAE70 #C1C497 #D8DABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAAE70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AAAE70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE70

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE70	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.083 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c69a',
    500: '#aaae70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae70;
$custom-light: #c4c69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 27.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73279,
    "c": 0.08307,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE70

secondary

#B2B0CA

accent

#64C46A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE70

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

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