#AAAC3C#AAAC3C

#AAAC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.133 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAC3C
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 65.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -14.99, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 57.14, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0461 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.133 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1467, 38.3782, 9.9884)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAC3C #3E3CAC

analogous

#AC763C #AAAC3C #72AC3C

triadic

#AAAC3C #3CAAAC #AC3CAA

tetradic

#AAAC3C #3CAC76 #3E3CAC #AC3C72

square

#AAAC3C #3CAC76 #3E3CAC #AC3C72

split-complementary

#AAAC3C #3C72AC #763CAC

monochromatic

#50511C #7D7F2C #AAAC3C #C5C75E #D5D78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAAC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AAAC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAC3C

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAC3C	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.133 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c478',
    500: '#aaac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaac3c;
$custom-light: #c6c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72155,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAC3C

secondary

#8482C1

accent

#50D852

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAC3C

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

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