#AAA942#AAA942

#AAA942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA942
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -13.05, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 53.36, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0399 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.125 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7499, 37.3162, 10.6835)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA942 #4243AA

analogous

#AA7542 #AAA942 #77AA42

triadic

#AAA942 #42AAA9 #A942AA

tetradic

#AAA942 #42AA75 #4243AA #AA4277

square

#AAA942 #42AA75 #4243AA #AA4277

split-complementary

#AAA942 #4277AA #7542AA

monochromatic

#525120 #7E7D31 #AAA942 #C3C366 #D5D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AAA942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#AAA942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA942

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA942	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)

#B6A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c27b',
    500: '#aaa942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa942;
$custom-light: #c6c27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.423,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71544,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA942

secondary

#8888C0

accent

#55D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA942

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

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