#AAA72D#AAA72D

#AAA72D 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	#AAA72D
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 73.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -13.22, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 60.88, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0426 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.138 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.8711, 36.3740, 7.8768)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA72D #2D30AA

analogous

#AA692D #AAA72D #6FAA2D

triadic

#AAA72D #2DAAA7 #A72DAA

tetradic

#AAA72D #2DAA69 #2D30AA #AA2D6F

square

#AAA72D #2DAA69 #2D30AA #AA2D6F

split-complementary

#AAA72D #2D6FAA #692DAA

monochromatic

#494813 #7A7720 #AAA72D #CECB46 #DBD877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AAA72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AAA72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA72D

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA72D	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)

#B5A015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.138 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c06f',
    500: '#aaa72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa72d;
$custom-light: #c7c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7093,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.36373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA72D

secondary

#7072C3

accent

#4AE146

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA72D

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

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