#AAA238#AAA238

#AAA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA238
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -10.03, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 54.82, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0325 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.126 105)
XYZ	xyz(30.2129, 34.6733, 8.8418)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA238 #3840AA

analogous

#AA6938 #AAA238 #79AA38

triadic

#AAA238 #38AAA2 #A238AA

tetradic

#AAA238 #38AA69 #3840AA #AA3879

square

#AAA238 #38AA69 #3840AA #AA3879

split-complementary

#AAA238 #3879AA #6938AA

monochromatic

#4E4A1A #7C7629 #AAA238 #C8C057 #D7D185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AAA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#AAA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA238

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA238	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd74',
    500: '#aaa238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa238;
$custom-light: #c6bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69908,
    "c": 0.12556,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.34672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA238

secondary

#7D82C1

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA238

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

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