#AAAC21#AAAC21

#AAAC21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.149 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAC21
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 80.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -16.27, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 66.44, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0521 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.149 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6058, 38.1618, 7.1396)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAC21 #2321AC

analogous

#AC6821 #AAAC21 #65AC21

triadic

#AAAC21 #21AAAC #AC21AA

tetradic

#AAAC21 #21AC68 #2321AC #AC2165

square

#AAAC21 #21AC68 #2321AC #AC2165

split-complementary

#AAAC21 #2165AC #6821AC

monochromatic

#44450D #777917 #AAAC21 #D5D832 #E0E266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AAAC21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AAAC21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAC21

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAC21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAC21	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaac21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.149 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c46a',
    500: '#aaac21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaac21;
$custom-light: #c7c46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaac21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.863,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71977,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAC21

secondary

#6362C7

accent

#3DEB40

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAC21

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

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