#AAAA21#AAAA21

#AAAA21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.147 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA21
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -15.25, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 65.72, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0493 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.147 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2280, 37.4063, 7.0137)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA21 #2121AA

analogous

#AA6621 #AAAA21 #66AA21

triadic

#AAAA21 #21AAAA #AA21AA

tetradic

#AAAA21 #21AA66 #2121AA #AA2166

square

#AAAA21 #21AA66 #2121AA #AA2166

split-complementary

#AAAA21 #2166AA #6621AA

monochromatic

#43430D #777717 #AAAA21 #D7D731 #E1E164

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AAAA21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AAAA21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA21

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA21	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA62E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.147 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c36a',
    500: '#aaaa21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa21;
$custom-light: #c7c36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7153,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA21

secondary

#6161C6

accent

#3DEA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA21

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

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