#AAA52A#AAA52A

#AAA52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.138 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA52A
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -12.32, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 61.19, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0404 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.138 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4518, 35.6246, 7.4622)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA52A #2A2FAA

analogous

#AA652A #AAA52A #6FAA2A

triadic

#AAA52A #2AAAA5 #A52AAA

tetradic

#AAA52A #2AAA65 #2A2FAA #AA2A6F

square

#AAA52A #2AAA65 #2A2FAA #AA2A6F

split-complementary

#AAA52A #2A6FAA #652AAA

monochromatic

#484612 #79751E #AAA52A #D0CB41 #DCD872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AAA52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#AAA52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA52A

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA52A	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.138 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf6d',
    500: '#aaa52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa52a;
$custom-light: #c7bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70467,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA52A

secondary

#6C70C3

accent

#4BE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA52A

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

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