#AAAC27#AAAC27

#AAAC27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.146 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAC27
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 77.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -16.05, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 64.71, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.051 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.146 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6975, 38.1985, 7.6224)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAC27 #2927AC

analogous

#AC6C27 #AAAC27 #68AC27

triadic

#AAAC27 #27AAAC #AC27AA

tetradic

#AAAC27 #27AC6C #2927AC #AC2768

square

#AAAC27 #27AC6C #2927AC #AC2768

split-complementary

#AAAC27 #2768AC #6C27AC

monochromatic

#474810 #797A1C #AAAC27 #D1D33D #DDDE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AAAC27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AAAC27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAC27

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAC27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAC27	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaac27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.146 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c46d',
    500: '#aaac27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaac27;
$custom-light: #c7c46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaac27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.902,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72007,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAC27

secondary

#6B6AC5

accent

#42E644

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAC27

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

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