#AAA72B#AAA72B

#AAA72B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.139 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA72B
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -13.31, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 61.57, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0431 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.139 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8335, 36.3589, 7.6788)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA72B #2B2EAA

analogous

#AA682B #AAA72B #6EAA2B

triadic

#AAA72B #2BAAA7 #A72BAA

tetradic

#AAA72B #2BAA68 #2B2EAA #AA2B6E

square

#AAA72B #2BAA68 #2B2EAA #AA2B6E

split-complementary

#AAA72B #2B6EAA #682BAA

monochromatic

#484712 #79771F #AAA72B #CFCC43 #DCD974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AAA72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AAA72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA72B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA72B	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)

#B5A010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.139 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c06e',
    500: '#aaa72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa72b;
$custom-light: #c7c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70917,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA72B

secondary

#6E70C3

accent

#49E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA72B

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

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