#AAAE77#AAAE77

#AAAE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.074 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE77
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 119)
HSL	hsl(64, 25%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 32%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 31.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -10.33, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 29.69, 110.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0274 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.074 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0435, 40.1505, 23.3529)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE77 #7B77AE

analogous

#AE9777 #AAAE77 #8EAE77

triadic

#AAAE77 #77AAAE #AE77AA

tetradic

#AAAE77 #77AE97 #7B77AE #AE778E

square

#AAAE77 #77AE97 #7B77AE #AE778E

split-complementary

#AAAE77 #778EAE #9777AE

monochromatic

#686B40 #8D9157 #AAAE77 #C2C59D #DADCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAAE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#AAAE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE77

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE77	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)

#B6A973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AB79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.074 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c69e',
    500: '#aaae77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae77;
$custom-light: #c4c69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.364,
    "s": 25.346,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73408,
    "c": 0.07449,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE77

secondary

#B7B5CC

accent

#66C26D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE77

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

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