#AAA82A#AAA82A

#AAA82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.140 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA82A
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -13.87, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 62.27, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0447 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.14 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9993, 36.7195, 7.6447)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA82A #2A2CAA

analogous

#AA682A #AAA82A #6CAA2A

triadic

#AAA82A #2AAAA8 #A82AAA

tetradic

#AAA82A #2AAA68 #2A2CAA #AA2A6C

square

#AAA82A #2AAA68 #2A2CAA #AA2A6C

split-complementary

#AAA82A #2A6CAA #682AAA

monochromatic

#484712 #79781E #AAA82A #D0CE41 #DCDB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AAA82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#AAA82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA82A

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA82A	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.140 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c16e',
    500: '#aaa82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa82a;
$custom-light: #c7c16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71133,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA82A

secondary

#6C6EC3

accent

#47E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA82A

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

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