#AAAD27#AAAD27

#AAAD27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.147 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD27
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -16.56, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 65.08, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0525 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.147 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8885, 38.5806, 7.6861)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD27 #2A27AD

analogous

#AD6D27 #AAAD27 #67AD27

triadic

#AAAD27 #27AAAD #AD27AA

tetradic

#AAAD27 #27AD6D #2A27AD #AD2767

square

#AAAD27 #27AD6D #2A27AD #AD2767

split-complementary

#AAAD27 #2767AD #6D27AD

monochromatic

#484910 #797B1C #AAAD27 #D0D33E #DCDF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAAD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AAAD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD27

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD27	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.147 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56d',
    500: '#aaad27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad27;
$custom-light: #c7c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72231,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD27

secondary

#6C6AC6

accent

#42E645

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD27

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

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