#AAAA31#AAAA31

#AAAA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.138 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA31
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -14.58, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 60.59, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.046 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.138 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5078, 37.5182, 8.4871)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA31 #3131AA

analogous

#AA6D31 #AAAA31 #6DAA31

triadic

#AAAA31 #31AAAA #AA31AA

tetradic

#AAAA31 #31AA6D #3131AA #AA316D

square

#AAAA31 #31AA6D #3131AA #AA316D

split-complementary

#AAAA31 #316DAA #6D31AA

monochromatic

#4B4B16 #7A7A23 #AAAA31 #CCCC4D #D9D97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AAAA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AAAA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA31

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA31	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)

#B8A31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.138 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c371',
    500: '#aaaa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa31;
$custom-light: #c7c371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71623,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA31

secondary

#7575C2

accent

#49DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA31

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

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