#AAA53B#AAA53B

#AAA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA53B
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 65.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -11.42, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 54.73, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0361 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.126 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8232, 35.7731, 9.4181)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA53B #3B40AA

analogous

#AA6D3B #AAA53B #78AA3B

triadic

#AAA53B #3BAAA5 #A53BAA

tetradic

#AAA53B #3BAA6D #3B40AA #AA3B78

square

#AAA53B #3BAA6D #3B40AA #AA3B78

split-complementary

#AAA53B #3B78AA #6D3BAA

monochromatic

#4F4D1B #7D792B #AAA53B #C6C25C #D6D389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AAA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AAA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA53B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA53B	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf76',
    500: '#aaa53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa53b;
$custom-light: #c6bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.297,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70595,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA53B

secondary

#8083C0

accent

#56D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA53B

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

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