#AAAC31#AAAC31

#AAAC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.140 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAC31
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -15.60, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 61.37, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0489 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.14 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8856, 38.2737, 8.6131)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAC31 #3331AC

analogous

#AC7031 #AAAC31 #6CAC31

triadic

#AAAC31 #31AAAC #AC31AA

tetradic

#AAAC31 #31AC70 #3331AC #AC316C

square

#AAAC31 #31AC70 #3331AC #AC316C

split-complementary

#AAAC31 #316CAC #7031AC

monochromatic

#4C4D16 #7B7C23 #AAAC31 #CACC4E #D9DA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AAAC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#AAAC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAC31

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAC31	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.140 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c472',
    500: '#aaac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaac31;
$custom-light: #c7c472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.976,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72069,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAC31

secondary

#7776C3

accent

#49DF4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAC31

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

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