#AAA821#AAA821

#AAA821 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.145 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA821
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -14.22, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 65.02, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0464 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.145 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8559, 36.6621, 6.8897)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA821 #2123AA

analogous

#AA6321 #AAA821 #68AA21

triadic

#AAA821 #21AAA8 #A821AA

tetradic

#AAA821 #21AA63 #2123AA #AA2168

square

#AAA821 #21AA63 #2123AA #AA2168

split-complementary

#AAA821 #2168AA #6321AA

monochromatic

#43430D #777517 #AAA821 #D7D531 #E1DF64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AAA821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#AAA821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA821

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA821	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)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.145 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c16a',
    500: '#aaa821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa821;
$custom-light: #c7c16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71085,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA821

secondary

#6162C6

accent

#40EA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA821

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

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