#AAAA36#AAAA36

#AAAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.135 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA36
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -14.31, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 58.72, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0448 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.135 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6192, 37.5628, 9.0741)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA36 #3636AA

analogous

#AA7036 #AAAA36 #70AA36

triadic

#AAAA36 #36AAAA #AA36AA

tetradic

#AAAA36 #36AA70 #3636AA #AA3670

square

#AAAA36 #36AA70 #3636AA #AA3670

split-complementary

#AAAA36 #3670AA #7036AA

monochromatic

#4D4D18 #7C7C27 #AAAA36 #C9C954 #D8D883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AAAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#AAAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA36

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA36	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.135 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c374',
    500: '#aaaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa36;
$custom-light: #c6c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7166,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA36

secondary

#7B7BC1

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA36

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

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