#AAA831#AAA831

#AAA831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA831
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -13.55, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 59.83, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0431 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.136 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1357, 36.7740, 8.3631)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA831 #3133AA

analogous

#AA6B31 #AAA831 #70AA31

triadic

#AAA831 #31AAA8 #A831AA

tetradic

#AAA831 #31AA6B #3133AA #AA3170

square

#AAA831 #31AA6B #3133AA #AA3170

split-complementary

#AAA831 #3170AA #6B31AA

monochromatic

#4B4A16 #7A7923 #AAA831 #CCC94D #D9D87C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AAA831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#AAA831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA831

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA831	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#B6A11C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c171',
    500: '#aaa831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa831;
$custom-light: #c7c171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71179,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA831

secondary

#7576C2

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA831

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

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