#AAAE73#AAAE73

#AAAE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.079 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE73
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(64, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 33.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -10.85, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 31.78, 109.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0291 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.079 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8083, 40.0564, 22.1143)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE73 #7773AE

analogous

#AE9573 #AAAE73 #8DAE73

triadic

#AAAE73 #73AAAE #AE73AA

tetradic

#AAAE73 #73AE95 #7773AE #AE738D

square

#AAAE73 #73AE95 #7773AE #AE738D

split-complementary

#AAAE73 #738DAE #9573AE

monochromatic

#676A3D #8C9053 #AAAE73 #C2C49A #D9DBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAAE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AAAE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE73

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE73	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.079 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c69c',
    500: '#aaae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae73;
$custom-light: #c4c69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 26.697,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73333,
    "c": 0.07942,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE73

secondary

#B4B2CA

accent

#65C36B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE73

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

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