#AAA72E#AAA72E

#AAA72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.137 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA72E
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -13.17, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 60.53, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0424 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.137 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.8906, 36.3818, 7.9794)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA72E #2E31AA

analogous

#AA692E #AAA72E #6FAA2E

triadic

#AAA72E #2EAAA7 #A72EAA

tetradic

#AAA72E #2EAA69 #2E31AA #AA2E6F

square

#AAA72E #2EAA69 #2E31AA #AA2E6F

split-complementary

#AAA72E #2E6FAA #692EAA

monochromatic

#4A4814 #7A7821 #AAA72E #CDCA48 #DAD878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AAA72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AAA72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA72E

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA72E	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.137 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c070',
    500: '#aaa72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa72e;
$custom-light: #c7c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70936,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.36381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA72E

secondary

#7173C3

accent

#4BE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA72E

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

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