#AAA940#AAA940

#AAA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA940
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -13.18, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 54.23, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0405 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.126 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6919, 37.2931, 10.3783)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA940 #4041AA

analogous

#AA7440 #AAA940 #76AA40

triadic

#AAA940 #40AAA9 #A940AA

tetradic

#AAA940 #40AA74 #4041AA #AA4076

square

#AAA940 #40AA74 #4041AA #AA4076

split-complementary

#AAA940 #4076AA #7440AA

monochromatic

#51511F #7E7D2F #AAA940 #C4C363 #D5D48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AAA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#AAA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA940

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA940	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c27a',
    500: '#aaa940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa940;
$custom-light: #c6c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA940

secondary

#8686C0

accent

#54D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA940

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

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