#AAA81D#AAA81D

#AAA81D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.147 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA81D
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 29)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 82.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -14.34, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 66.08, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0471 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.147 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8032, 36.6410, 6.6120)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA81D #1D1FAA

analogous

#AA621D #AAA81D #66AA1D

triadic

#AAA81D #1DAAA8 #A81DAA

tetradic

#AAA81D #1DAA62 #1D1FAA #AA1D66

square

#AAA81D #1DAA62 #1D1FAA #AA1D66

split-complementary

#AAA81D #1D66AA #621DAA

monochromatic

#41410B #767414 #AAA81D #DBD82A #E4E25E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AAA81D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#AAA81D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA81D

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA81D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA81D	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa81d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.147 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c168',
    500: '#aaa81d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa81d;
$custom-light: #c7c168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa81d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71067,
    "c": 0.14666,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA81D

secondary

#5B5DC8

accent

#3DEE3A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA81D

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

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