#AAA438#AAA438

#AAA438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.128 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA438
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -11.08, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 55.58, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0355 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.128 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5680, 35.3835, 8.9601)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA438 #383EAA

analogous

#AA6B38 #AAA438 #77AA38

triadic

#AAA438 #38AAA4 #A438AA

tetradic

#AAA438 #38AA6B #383EAA #AA3877

square

#AAA438 #38AA6B #383EAA #AA3877

split-complementary

#AAA438 #3877AA #6B38AA

monochromatic

#4E4B1A #7C7829 #AAA438 #C8C257 #D7D385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AAA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#AAA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA438

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA438	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.128 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be75',
    500: '#aaa438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa438;
$custom-light: #c6be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70348,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA438

secondary

#7D81C1

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA438

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

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