#AAA72C#AAA72C

#AAA72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.138 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA72C
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -13.27, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 61.23, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0428 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.138 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.8521, 36.3664, 7.7766)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA72C #2C2FAA

analogous

#AA682C #AAA72C #6EAA2C

triadic

#AAA72C #2CAAA7 #A72CAA

tetradic

#AAA72C #2CAA68 #2C2FAA #AA2C6E

square

#AAA72C #2CAA68 #2C2FAA #AA2C6E

split-complementary

#AAA72C #2C6EAA #682CAA

monochromatic

#494713 #79771F #AAA72C #CFCB44 #DBD975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AAA72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AAA72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA72C

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA72C	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)

#B5A013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.138 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c06f',
    500: '#aaa72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa72c;
$custom-light: #c7c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70923,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.36365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA72C

secondary

#6F71C3

accent

#49E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA72C

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

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