#AAA842#AAA842

#AAA842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.124 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA842
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -12.53, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 52.95, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0384 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.124 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5646, 36.9456, 10.6217)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA842 #4244AA

analogous

#AA7442 #AAA842 #78AA42

triadic

#AAA842 #42AAA8 #A842AA

tetradic

#AAA842 #42AA74 #4244AA #AA4278

square

#AAA842 #42AA74 #4244AA #AA4278

split-complementary

#AAA842 #4278AA #7442AA

monochromatic

#525120 #7E7C31 #AAA842 #C3C266 #D5D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AAA842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AAA842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA842

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA842	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.124 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c17b',
    500: '#aaa842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa842;
$custom-light: #c6c17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71323,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA842

secondary

#8889C0

accent

#56D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA842

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

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