#AAA251#AAA251

#AAA251 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA251
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 52.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -8.19, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 43.46, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0244 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.104 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9840, 34.9818, 12.9030)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA251 #5159AA

analogous

#AA7651 #AAA251 #86AA51

triadic

#AAA251 #51AAA2 #A251AA

tetradic

#AAA251 #51AA76 #5159AA #AA5186

square

#AAA251 #51AA76 #5159AA #AA5186

split-complementary

#AAA251 #5186AA #7651AA

monochromatic

#57532A #817B3D #AAA251 #BFB979 #D3CFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AAA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#AAA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA251

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA251	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd84',
    500: '#aaa251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa251;
$custom-light: #c5bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.607,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70177,
    "c": 0.10355,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA251

secondary

#979AC0

accent

#66CB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA251

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

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