#AAAC38#AAAC38

#AAAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.136 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAC38
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -15.23, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 58.74, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0471 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.136 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0449, 38.3375, 9.4525)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAC38 #3A38AC

analogous

#AC7438 #AAAC38 #70AC38

triadic

#AAAC38 #38AAAC #AC38AA

tetradic

#AAAC38 #38AC74 #3A38AC #AC3870

square

#AAAC38 #38AC74 #3A38AC #AC3870

split-complementary

#AAAC38 #3870AC #7438AC

monochromatic

#4F501A #7C7E29 #AAAC38 #C7C958 #D6D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AAAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAC38

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAC38	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.136 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c475',
    500: '#aaac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaac38;
$custom-light: #c6c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.034,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72121,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAC38

secondary

#7F7EC2

accent

#4DDA50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAC38

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

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