#AAA921#AAA921

#AAA921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.146 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA921
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -14.73, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 65.37, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0479 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.146 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0413, 37.0328, 6.9515)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA921 #2122AA

analogous

#AA6521 #AAA921 #67AA21

triadic

#AAA921 #21AAA9 #A921AA

tetradic

#AAA921 #21AA65 #2122AA #AA2167

square

#AAA921 #21AA65 #2122AA #AA2167

split-complementary

#AAA921 #2167AA #6521AA

monochromatic

#43430D #777617 #AAA921 #D7D631 #E1E064

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AAA921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#AAA921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA921

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA921	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.146 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c26a',
    500: '#aaa921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa921;
$custom-light: #c7c26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71307,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA921

secondary

#6161C6

accent

#3FEA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA921

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

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