#AAA240#AAA240

#AAA240 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.119 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA240
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -9.52, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 51.41, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0301 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.119 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4244, 34.7579, 9.9558)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA240 #4048AA

analogous

#AA6D40 #AAA240 #7DAA40

triadic

#AAA240 #40AAA2 #A240AA

tetradic

#AAA240 #40AA6D #4048AA #AA407D

square

#AAA240 #40AA6D #4048AA #AA407D

split-complementary

#AAA240 #407DAA #6D40AA

monochromatic

#514D1F #7E782F #AAA240 #C4BD63 #D5D08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AAA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#AAA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA240

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA240	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.119 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd79',
    500: '#aaa240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa240;
$custom-light: #c6bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69982,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA240

secondary

#868AC0

accent

#5DD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA240

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

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