#AAA138#AAA138

#AAA138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.125 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA138
RGB	rgb(170, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -9.50, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 54.45, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.031 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.125 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0374, 34.3224, 8.7833)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA138 #3841AA

analogous

#AA6838 #AAA138 #7AAA38

triadic

#AAA138 #38AAA1 #A138AA

tetradic

#AAA138 #38AA68 #3841AA #AA387A

square

#AAA138 #38AA68 #3841AA #AA387A

split-complementary

#AAA138 #387AAA #6838AA

monochromatic

#4E4A1A #7C7529 #AAA138 #C8BF57 #D7D185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AAA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#AAA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA138

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA138	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.125 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc74',
    500: '#aaa138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa138;
$custom-light: #c6bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69689,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA138

secondary

#7D82C1

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA138

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

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