#AAAA42#AAAA42

#AAAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.126 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA42
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -13.56, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 53.78, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0414 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.126 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9366, 37.6897, 10.7457)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA42 #4242AA

analogous

#AA7642 #AAAA42 #76AA42

triadic

#AAAA42 #42AAAA #AA42AA

tetradic

#AAAA42 #42AA76 #4242AA #AA4276

square

#AAAA42 #42AA76 #4242AA #AA4276

split-complementary

#AAAA42 #4276AA #7642AA

monochromatic

#525220 #7E7E31 #AAAA42 #C3C366 #D5D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AAAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AAAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA42

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA42	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.126 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c37b',
    500: '#aaaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa42;
$custom-light: #c6c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71766,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA42

secondary

#8888C0

accent

#54D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA42

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

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