#AAA42E#AAA42E

#AAA42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.134 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA42E
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -11.61, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 59.43, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.038 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.134 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3474, 35.2953, 7.7984)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA42E #2E34AA

analogous

#AA662E #AAA42E #72AA2E

triadic

#AAA42E #2EAAA4 #A42EAA

tetradic

#AAA42E #2EAA66 #2E34AA #AA2E72

square

#AAA42E #2EAA66 #2E34AA #AA2E72

split-complementary

#AAA42E #2E72AA #662EAA

monochromatic

#4A4714 #7A7621 #AAA42E #CDC748 #DAD678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AAA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AAA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA42E

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA42E	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)

#B29E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.134 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be6f',
    500: '#aaa42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa42e;
$custom-light: #c7be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70272,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA42E

secondary

#7175C3

accent

#4FE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA42E

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

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