#AAA838#AAA838

#AAA838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.132 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA838
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -13.16, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 57.14, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0413 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.132 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2951, 36.8378, 9.2025)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA838 #383AAA

analogous

#AA6F38 #AAA838 #73AA38

triadic

#AAA838 #38AAA8 #A838AA

tetradic

#AAA838 #38AA6F #383AAA #AA3873

square

#AAA838 #38AA6F #383AAA #AA3873

split-complementary

#AAA838 #3873AA #6F38AA

monochromatic

#4E4D1A #7C7B29 #AAA838 #C8C657 #D7D685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AAA838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AAA838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA838

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA838	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.132 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c175',
    500: '#aaa838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa838;
$custom-light: #c6c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71232,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA838

secondary

#7D7EC1

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA838

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

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