#AAA82D#AAA82D

#AAA82D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.139 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA82D
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 73.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -13.74, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 61.26, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0441 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.139 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0550, 36.7418, 7.9381)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA82D #2D2FAA

analogous

#AA6A2D #AAA82D #6EAA2D

triadic

#AAA82D #2DAAA8 #A82DAA

tetradic

#AAA82D #2DAA6A #2D2FAA #AA2D6E

square

#AAA82D #2DAA6A #2D2FAA #AA2D6E

split-complementary

#AAA82D #2D6EAA #6A2DAA

monochromatic

#494813 #7A7820 #AAA82D #CECC46 #DBD977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AAA82D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#AAA82D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA82D

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA82D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA82D	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)

#B6A114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa82d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.139 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c16f',
    500: '#aaa82d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa82d;
$custom-light: #c7c16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa82d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71152,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA82D

secondary

#7071C3

accent

#49E146

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA82D

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

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