#AAA82E#AAA82E

#AAA82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.138 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA82E
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -13.69, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 60.91, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0438 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.138 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0745, 36.7496, 8.0407)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA82E #2E30AA

analogous

#AA6A2E #AAA82E #6EAA2E

triadic

#AAA82E #2EAAA8 #A82EAA

tetradic

#AAA82E #2EAA6A #2E30AA #AA2E6E

square

#AAA82E #2EAA6A #2E30AA #AA2E6E

split-complementary

#AAA82E #2E6EAA #6A2EAA

monochromatic

#4A4914 #7A7821 #AAA82E #CDCB48 #DAD978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AAA82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#AAA82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA82E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA82E	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)

#B6A117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.138 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c170',
    500: '#aaa82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa82e;
$custom-light: #c7c170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71158,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA82E

secondary

#7173C3

accent

#4AE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA82E

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

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