#AAA83B#AAA83B

#AAA83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.129 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA83B
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 65.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -12.99, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 55.92, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0405 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.129 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3707, 36.8680, 9.6006)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA83B #3B3DAA

analogous

#AA713B #AAA83B #74AA3B

triadic

#AAA83B #3BAAA8 #A83BAA

tetradic

#AAA83B #3BAA71 #3B3DAA #AA3B74

square

#AAA83B #3BAA71 #3B3DAA #AA3B74

split-complementary

#AAA83B #3B74AA #713BAA

monochromatic

#4F4E1B #7D7B2B #AAA83B #C6C45C #D6D589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AAA83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AAA83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA83B

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA83B	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)

#B5A12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.129 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c177',
    500: '#aaa83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa83b;
$custom-light: #c6c177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71258,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA83B

secondary

#8081C0

accent

#52D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA83B

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

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