#AAAE82#AAAE82

#AAAE82 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.060 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE82
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 130)
HSL	hsl(65, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 25%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 25.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -8.82, 22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 23.87, 111.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0228 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.06 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7427, 40.4302, 27.0356)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE82 #8682AE

analogous

#AE9C82 #AAAE82 #94AE82

triadic

#AAAE82 #82AAAE #AE82AA

tetradic

#AAAE82 #82AE9C #8682AE #AE8294

square

#AAAE82 #82AE9C #8682AE #AE8294

split-complementary

#AAAE82 #8294AE #9C82AE

monochromatic

#6B6E47 #8F935F #AAAE82 #C3C6A7 #DDDECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AAAE82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#AAAE82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE82

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE82	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AA7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AB84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.060 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6a6',
    500: '#aaae82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae82;
$custom-light: #c3c6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 21.359,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7363,
    "c": 0.06049,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE82

secondary

#BFBDCE

accent

#6ABE72

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#12130F

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE82

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

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