#AAA836#AAA836

#AAA836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.133 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA836
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -13.28, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 57.93, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0419 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.133 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2472, 36.8186, 8.9500)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA836 #3638AA

analogous

#AA6E36 #AAA836 #72AA36

triadic

#AAA836 #36AAA8 #A836AA

tetradic

#AAA836 #36AA6E #3638AA #AA3672

square

#AAA836 #36AA6E #3638AA #AA3672

split-complementary

#AAA836 #3672AA #6E36AA

monochromatic

#4D4C18 #7C7A27 #AAA836 #C9C754 #D8D683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AAA836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#AAA836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA836

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA836	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.133 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c174',
    500: '#aaa836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa836;
$custom-light: #c6c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71216,
    "c": 0.13297,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA836

secondary

#7B7CC1

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA836

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

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