#AAAC36#AAAC36

#AAAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.137 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAC36
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -15.34, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 59.52, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0477 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.137 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9970, 38.3183, 9.2000)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAC36 #3836AC

analogous

#AC7336 #AAAC36 #6FAC36

triadic

#AAAC36 #36AAAC #AC36AA

tetradic

#AAAC36 #36AC73 #3836AC #AC366F

square

#AAAC36 #36AC73 #3836AC #AC366F

split-complementary

#AAAC36 #366FAC #7336AC

monochromatic

#4E4F19 #7C7D27 #AAAC36 #C8CA55 #D7D884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AAAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAC36

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAC36	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.137 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c474',
    500: '#aaac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaac36;
$custom-light: #c6c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72106,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAC36

secondary

#7D7CC2

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAC36

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

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