#AAAC55#AAAC55

#AAAC55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAC55
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 50.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -13.08, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 45.93, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0379 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.111 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9705, 38.7077, 14.3271)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAC55 #5755AC

analogous

#AC8255 #AAAC55 #7FAC55

triadic

#AAAC55 #55AAAC #AC55AA

tetradic

#AAAC55 #55AC82 #5755AC #AC557F

square

#AAAC55 #55AC82 #5755AC #AC557F

split-complementary

#AAAC55 #557FAC #8255AC

monochromatic

#595A2C #828440 #AAAC55 #BFC07E #D3D4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAAC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AAAC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAC55

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAC55	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaac55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c487',
    500: '#aaac55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaac55;
$custom-light: #c5c487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaac55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.379,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72424,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAC55

secondary

#9C9BC2

accent

#5DCA60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAC55

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

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