#AAA521#AAA521

#AAA521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.142 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA521
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -12.66, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 63.98, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0421 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.142 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3085, 35.5672, 6.7072)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA521 #2126AA

analogous

#AA6021 #AAA521 #6BAA21

triadic

#AAA521 #21AAA5 #A521AA

tetradic

#AAA521 #21AA60 #2126AA #AA216B

square

#AAA521 #21AA60 #2126AA #AA216B

split-complementary

#AAA521 #216BAA #6021AA

monochromatic

#43420D #777317 #AAA521 #D7D131 #E1DC64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AAA521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#AAA521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA521

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA521	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.142 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf69',
    500: '#aaa521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa521;
$custom-light: #c7bf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70418,
    "c": 0.14215,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA521

secondary

#6164C6

accent

#44EA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA521

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

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