#AAAD29#AAAD29

#AAAD29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.146 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD29
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -16.48, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 64.46, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0521 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.146 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9225, 38.5942, 7.8652)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD29 #2C29AD

analogous

#AD6E29 #AAAD29 #68AD29

triadic

#AAAD29 #29AAAD #AD29AA

tetradic

#AAAD29 #29AD6E #2C29AD #AD2968

square

#AAAD29 #29AD6E #2C29AD #AD2968

split-complementary

#AAAD29 #2968AD #6E29AD

monochromatic

#494A12 #797C1D #AAAD29 #CFD241 #DBDE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAAD29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AAAD29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD29

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD29	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)

#BBA505

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.146 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56e',
    500: '#aaad29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad29;
$custom-light: #c7c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.14602,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD29

secondary

#6F6DC5

accent

#43E547

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD29

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

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