#AAA82B#AAA82B

#AAA82B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.140 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA82B
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -13.83, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 61.94, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0445 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.14 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0174, 36.7267, 7.7401)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA82B #2B2DAA

analogous

#AA692B #AAA82B #6DAA2B

triadic

#AAA82B #2BAAA8 #A82BAA

tetradic

#AAA82B #2BAA69 #2B2DAA #AA2B6D

square

#AAA82B #2BAA69 #2B2DAA #AA2B6D

split-complementary

#AAA82B #2B6DAA #692BAA

monochromatic

#484712 #79781F #AAA82B #CFCD43 #DCDA74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AAA82B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#AAA82B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA82B

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA82B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA82B	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa82b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.140 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c16e',
    500: '#aaa82b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa82b;
$custom-light: #c7c16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa82b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71139,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA82B

secondary

#6E6FC3

accent

#47E345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA82B

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

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