#AAA42C#AAA42C

#AAA42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.135 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA42C
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -11.70, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 60.14, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0385 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.135 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3089, 35.2799, 7.5956)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA42C #2C32AA

analogous

#AA652C #AAA42C #71AA2C

triadic

#AAA42C #2CAAA4 #A42CAA

tetradic

#AAA42C #2CAA65 #2C32AA #AA2C71

square

#AAA42C #2CAA65 #2C32AA #AA2C71

split-complementary

#AAA42C #2C71AA #652CAA

monochromatic

#494613 #79751F #AAA42C #CFC844 #DBD675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AAA42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AAA42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA42C

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA42C	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.135 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be6e',
    500: '#aaa42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa42c;
$custom-light: #c7be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70259,
    "c": 0.13547,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA42C

secondary

#6F73C3

accent

#4DE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA42C

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

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