#AAAA40#AAAA40

#AAAA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.128 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA40
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -13.70, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 54.64, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.042 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.128 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8787, 37.6665, 10.4406)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA40 #4040AA

analogous

#AA7540 #AAAA40 #75AA40

triadic

#AAAA40 #40AAAA #AA40AA

tetradic

#AAAA40 #40AA75 #4040AA #AA4075

square

#AAAA40 #40AA75 #4040AA #AA4075

split-complementary

#AAAA40 #4075AA #7540AA

monochromatic

#51511F #7E7E2F #AAAA40 #C4C463 #D5D58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AAAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#AAAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA40

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA40	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.128 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c37a',
    500: '#aaaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa40;
$custom-light: #c6c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71746,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA40

secondary

#8686C0

accent

#53D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA40

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

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