#AAAD20#AAAD20

#AAAD20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.150 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD20
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 32)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 81.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -16.81, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 67.07, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0537 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.15 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7830, 38.5384, 7.1306)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD20 #2320AD

analogous

#AD6A20 #AAAD20 #63AD20

triadic

#AAAD20 #20AAAD #AD20AA

tetradic

#AAAD20 #20AD6A #2320AD #AD2063

square

#AAAD20 #20AD6A #2320AD #AD2063

split-complementary

#AAAD20 #2063AD #6A20AD

monochromatic

#44460D #777916 #AAAD20 #D5D931 #E0E265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAAD20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AAAD20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD20

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD20	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA92E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.150 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56a',
    500: '#aaad20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad20;
$custom-light: #c7c56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72197,
    "c": 0.15028,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD20

secondary

#6361C8

accent

#3CEC40

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD20

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

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