#AAAA2E#AAAA2E

#AAAA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.140 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA2E
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -14.72, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 61.66, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0467 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.14 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4466, 37.4937, 8.1647)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA2E #2E2EAA

analogous

#AA6C2E #AAAA2E #6CAA2E

triadic

#AAAA2E #2EAAAA #AA2EAA

tetradic

#AAAA2E #2EAA6C #2E2EAA #AA2E6C

square

#AAAA2E #2EAA6C #2E2EAA #AA2E6C

split-complementary

#AAAA2E #2E6CAA #6C2EAA

monochromatic

#4A4A14 #7A7A21 #AAAA2E #CDCD48 #DADA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AAAA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AAAA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA2E

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA2E	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.140 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c370',
    500: '#aaaa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa2e;
$custom-light: #c7c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71603,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA2E

secondary

#7171C3

accent

#47E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA2E

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

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