#AAA42A#AAA42A

#AAA42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.137 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA42A
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -11.79, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 60.83, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0389 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.137 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2722, 35.2652, 7.4023)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA42A #2A30AA

analogous

#AA642A #AAA42A #70AA2A

triadic

#AAA42A #2AAAA4 #A42AAA

tetradic

#AAA42A #2AAA64 #2A30AA #AA2A70

square

#AAA42A #2AAA64 #2A30AA #AA2A70

split-complementary

#AAA42A #2A70AA #642AAA

monochromatic

#484512 #79751E #AAA42A #D0C941 #DCD772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AAA42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AAA42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA42A

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA42A	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.137 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be6d',
    500: '#aaa42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa42a;
$custom-light: #c7be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70246,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA42A

secondary

#6C70C3

accent

#4CE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA42A

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

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