#AAA228#AAA228

#AAA228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.136 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA228
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -10.83, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 60.80, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0364 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.136 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8822, 34.5411, 7.1001)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA228 #2830AA

analogous

#AA6128 #AAA228 #71AA28

triadic

#AAA228 #28AAA2 #A228AA

tetradic

#AAA228 #28AA61 #2830AA #AA2871

square

#AAA228 #28AA61 #2830AA #AA2871

split-complementary

#AAA228 #2871AA #6128AA

monochromatic

#474411 #78731C #AAA228 #D2C83E #DDD66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AAA228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#AAA228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA228

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA228	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.136 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd6c',
    500: '#aaa228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa228;
$custom-light: #c7bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69793,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA228

secondary

#6A6FC4

accent

#4DE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA228

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

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