#AAAE76#AAAE76

#AAAE76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.076 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE76
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 118)
HSL	hsl(64, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 32%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 32.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -10.46, 28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 30.21, 110.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0278 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.076 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9838, 40.1266, 23.0383)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE76 #7A76AE

analogous

#AE9676 #AAAE76 #8EAE76

triadic

#AAAE76 #76AAAE #AE76AA

tetradic

#AAAE76 #76AE96 #7A76AE #AE768E

square

#AAAE76 #76AE96 #7A76AE #AE768E

split-complementary

#AAAE76 #768EAE #9676AE

monochromatic

#676B3F #8D9156 #AAAE76 #C2C59C #DADBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAAE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#AAAE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE76

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE76	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.076 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c69e',
    500: '#aaae76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae76;
$custom-light: #c4c69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 25.688,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73389,
    "c": 0.07573,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE76

secondary

#B6B5CB

accent

#66C26C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE76

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

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