#AAA042#AAA042

#AAA042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.116 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA042
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -8.32, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 49.74, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0265 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.116 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1328, 34.0821, 10.1445)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA042 #424CAA

analogous

#AA6C42 #AAA042 #80AA42

triadic

#AAA042 #42AAA0 #A042AA

tetradic

#AAA042 #42AA6C #424CAA #AA4280

square

#AAA042 #42AA6C #424CAA #AA4280

split-complementary

#AAA042 #4280AA #6C42AA

monochromatic

#524D20 #7E7731 #AAA042 #C3BA66 #D5CE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AAA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#AAA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA042

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA042	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.116 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb7a',
    500: '#aaa042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa042;
$custom-light: #c6bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69565,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA042

secondary

#888DC0

accent

#60D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA042

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →