#AAA231#AAA231

#AAA231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.130 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA231
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -10.42, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 57.59, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0343 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.13 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0535, 34.6096, 8.0024)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA231 #3139AA

analogous

#AA6531 #AAA231 #75AA31

triadic

#AAA231 #31AAA2 #A231AA

tetradic

#AAA231 #31AA65 #3139AA #AA3175

square

#AAA231 #31AA65 #3139AA #AA3175

split-complementary

#AAA231 #3175AA #6531AA

monochromatic

#4B4716 #7A7523 #AAA231 #CCC34D #D9D37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AAA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#AAA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA231

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA231	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.130 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd71',
    500: '#aaa231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa231;
$custom-light: #c7bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69853,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA231

secondary

#757AC2

accent

#53DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA231

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

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