#AAAE80#AAAE80

#AAAE80 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.063 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE80
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 128)
HSL	hsl(65, 22%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 26%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 26.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -9.11, 23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 24.93, 111.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0236 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.063 112)
XYZ	xyz(35.6098, 40.3770, 26.3355)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE80 #8480AE

analogous

#AE9B80 #AAAE80 #93AE80

triadic

#AAAE80 #80AAAE #AE80AA

tetradic

#AAAE80 #80AE9B #8480AE #AE8093

square

#AAAE80 #80AE9B #8480AE #AE8093

split-complementary

#AAAE80 #8093AE #9B80AE

monochromatic

#6A6E46 #8E935E #AAAE80 #C3C6A5 #DCDECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AAAE80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#AAAE80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE80

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE80	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AA7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AB82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.063 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6a5',
    500: '#aaae80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae80;
$custom-light: #c3c6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 22.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73588,
    "c": 0.06307,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.40377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE80

secondary

#BDBCCE

accent

#69BF71

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#12130F

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE80

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

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