#AAA542#AAA542

#AAA542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.121 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA542
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -10.96, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 51.72, 102.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.034 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.121 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0171, 35.8507, 10.4392)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA542 #4247AA

analogous

#AA7142 #AAA542 #7BAA42

triadic

#AAA542 #42AAA5 #A542AA

tetradic

#AAA542 #42AA71 #4247AA #AA427B

square

#AAA542 #42AA71 #4247AA #AA427B

split-complementary

#AAA542 #427BAA #7142AA

monochromatic

#524F20 #7E7A31 #AAA542 #C3BF66 #D5D192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AAA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AAA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA542

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA542	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)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.121 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf7b',
    500: '#aaa542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa542;
$custom-light: #c6bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70661,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA542

secondary

#888BC0

accent

#5AD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA542

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

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