#AAAA38#AAAA38

#AAAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.134 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA38
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -14.20, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 57.93, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0443 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.134 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6672, 37.5819, 9.3265)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA38 #3838AA

analogous

#AA7138 #AAAA38 #71AA38

triadic

#AAAA38 #38AAAA #AA38AA

tetradic

#AAAA38 #38AA71 #3838AA #AA3871

square

#AAAA38 #38AA71 #3838AA #AA3871

split-complementary

#AAAA38 #3871AA #7138AA

monochromatic

#4E4E1A #7C7C29 #AAAA38 #C8C857 #D7D785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AAAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#AAAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA38

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA38	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.134 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c375',
    500: '#aaaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa38;
$custom-light: #c6c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71676,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA38

secondary

#7D7DC1

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA38

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

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