#AAA242#AAA242

#AAA242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.118 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA242
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -9.38, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 50.52, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0295 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.118 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4823, 34.7811, 10.2610)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA242 #424AAA

analogous

#AA6E42 #AAA242 #7EAA42

triadic

#AAA242 #42AAA2 #A242AA

tetradic

#AAA242 #42AA6E #424AAA #AA427E

square

#AAA242 #42AA6E #424AAA #AA427E

split-complementary

#AAA242 #427EAA #6E42AA

monochromatic

#524E20 #7E7831 #AAA242 #C3BC66 #D5CF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AAA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#AAA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA242

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA242	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.118 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd7a',
    500: '#aaa242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa242;
$custom-light: #c6bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70003,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA242

secondary

#888CC0

accent

#5ED454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA242

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

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