#AAA540#AAA540

#AAA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA540
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -11.10, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 52.60, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0346 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.122 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9592, 35.8275, 10.1341)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA540 #4045AA

analogous

#AA7040 #AAA540 #7AAA40

triadic

#AAA540 #40AAA5 #A540AA

tetradic

#AAA540 #40AA70 #4045AA #AA407A

square

#AAA540 #40AA70 #4045AA #AA407A

split-complementary

#AAA540 #407AAA #7040AA

monochromatic

#514F1F #7E7A2F #AAA540 #C4C063 #D5D28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AAA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AAA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA540

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA540	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf79',
    500: '#aaa540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa540;
$custom-light: #c6bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70641,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA540

secondary

#8688C0

accent

#59D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA540

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

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