#AAAC40#AAAC40

#AAAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.130 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAC40
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -14.73, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 55.48, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0449 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.13 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2565, 38.4221, 10.5665)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAC40 #4240AC

analogous

#AC7840 #AAAC40 #74AC40

triadic

#AAAC40 #40AAAC #AC40AA

tetradic

#AAAC40 #40AC78 #4240AC #AC4074

square

#AAAC40 #40AC78 #4240AC #AC4074

split-complementary

#AAAC40 #4074AC #7840AC

monochromatic

#52531F #7E7F2F #AAAC40 #C3C564 #D5D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AAAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAC40

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAC40	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)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.130 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c47a',
    500: '#aaac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaac40;
$custom-light: #c6c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72191,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAC40

secondary

#8887C1

accent

#52D555

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAC40

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

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