#AAA42D#AAA42D

#AAA42D 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	#AAA42D
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 73.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -11.66, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 59.79, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0382 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.135 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3279, 35.2875, 7.6958)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA42D #2D33AA

analogous

#AA662D #AAA42D #72AA2D

triadic

#AAA42D #2DAAA4 #A42DAA

tetradic

#AAA42D #2DAA66 #2D33AA #AA2D72

square

#AAA42D #2DAA66 #2D33AA #AA2D72

split-complementary

#AAA42D #2D72AA #662DAA

monochromatic

#494713 #7A7520 #AAA42D #CEC846 #DBD677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AAA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AAA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA42D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA42D	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)

#B29E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.135 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be6f',
    500: '#aaa42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa42d;
$custom-light: #c7be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70265,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA42D

secondary

#7074C3

accent

#4EE146

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA42D

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

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