#AAA038#AAA038

#AAA038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.124 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA038
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -8.97, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 54.08, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0295 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.124 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8634, 33.9743, 8.7253)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA038 #3842AA

analogous

#AA6738 #AAA038 #7BAA38

triadic

#AAA038 #38AAA0 #A038AA

tetradic

#AAA038 #38AA67 #3842AA #AA387B

square

#AAA038 #38AA67 #3842AA #AA387B

split-complementary

#AAA038 #387BAA #6738AA

monochromatic

#4E491A #7C7529 #AAA038 #C8BE57 #D7D085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AAA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AAA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA038

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA038	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.124 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb74',
    500: '#aaa038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa038;
$custom-light: #c6bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6947,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA038

secondary

#7D83C1

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA038

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

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