#AAA72A#AAA72A

#AAA72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.140 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA72A
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -13.35, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 61.91, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0433 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.14 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8154, 36.3517, 7.5834)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA72A #2A2DAA

analogous

#AA672A #AAA72A #6DAA2A

triadic

#AAA72A #2AAAA7 #A72AAA

tetradic

#AAA72A #2AAA67 #2A2DAA #AA2A6D

square

#AAA72A #2AAA67 #2A2DAA #AA2A6D

split-complementary

#AAA72A #2A6DAA #672AAA

monochromatic

#484712 #79771E #AAA72A #D0CD41 #DCDA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AAA72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AAA72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA72A

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA72A	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A00D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.140 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c06e',
    500: '#aaa72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa72a;
$custom-light: #c7c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70911,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA72A

secondary

#6C6EC3

accent

#48E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA72A

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

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