#AAA221#AAA221

#AAA221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.139 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA221
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -11.10, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 62.97, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0377 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.139 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7737, 34.4977, 6.5289)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA221 #2129AA

analogous

#AA5D21 #AAA221 #6EAA21

triadic

#AAA221 #21AAA2 #A221AA

tetradic

#AAA221 #21AA5D #2129AA #AA216E

square

#AAA221 #21AA5D #2129AA #AA216E

split-complementary

#AAA221 #216EAA #5D21AA

monochromatic

#43400D #777117 #AAA221 #D7CD31 #E1DA64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AAA221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#AAA221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA221

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA221	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.139 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd69',
    500: '#aaa221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa221;
$custom-light: #c7bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69755,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA221

secondary

#6167C6

accent

#48EA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA221

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

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