#AAA939#AAA939

#AAA939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.132 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA939
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 66.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -13.62, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 57.14, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0425 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.132 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5051, 37.2183, 9.3944)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA939 #393AAA

analogous

#AA7139 #AAA939 #73AA39

triadic

#AAA939 #39AAA9 #A939AA

tetradic

#AAA939 #39AA71 #393AAA #AA3973

square

#AAA939 #39AA71 #393AAA #AA3973

split-complementary

#AAA939 #3973AA #7139AA

monochromatic

#4E4E1A #7C7B2A #AAA939 #C7C659 #D7D687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AAA939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#AAA939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA939

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA939	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.132 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c276',
    500: '#aaa939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa939;
$custom-light: #c6c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.469,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA939

secondary

#7E7FC1

accent

#50D94E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA939

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

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