#AAA840#AAA840

#AAA840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA840
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -12.66, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 53.81, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0391 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.125 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5066, 36.9224, 10.3166)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA840 #4042AA

analogous

#AA7340 #AAA840 #77AA40

triadic

#AAA840 #40AAA8 #A840AA

tetradic

#AAA840 #40AA73 #4042AA #AA4077

square

#AAA840 #40AA73 #4042AA #AA4077

split-complementary

#AAA840 #4077AA #7340AA

monochromatic

#51501F #7E7C2F #AAA840 #C4C263 #D5D48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AAA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#AAA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA840

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA840	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c17a',
    500: '#aaa840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa840;
$custom-light: #c6c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71303,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA840

secondary

#8687C0

accent

#55D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA840

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

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