#AAA229#AAA229

#AAA229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.135 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA229
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -10.79, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 60.47, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0362 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.135 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8994, 34.5480, 7.1909)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA229 #2931AA

analogous

#AA6229 #AAA229 #72AA29

triadic

#AAA229 #29AAA2 #A229AA

tetradic

#AAA229 #29AA62 #2931AA #AA2972

square

#AAA229 #29AA62 #2931AA #AA2972

split-complementary

#AAA229 #2972AA #6229AA

monochromatic

#474411 #79731D #AAA229 #D1C83F #DDD671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AAA229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#AAA229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA229

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA229	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)

#B19C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.135 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd6d',
    500: '#aaa229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa229;
$custom-light: #c7bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69799,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA229

secondary

#6B71C4

accent

#4EE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA229

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

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