#AAAD2D#AAAD2D

#AAAD2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.144 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD2D
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 45)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -16.31, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 63.16, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0512 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.144 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9959, 38.6235, 8.2517)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD2D #302DAD

analogous

#AD702D #AAAD2D #6AAD2D

triadic

#AAAD2D #2DAAAD #AD2DAA

tetradic

#AAAD2D #2DAD70 #302DAD #AD2D6A

square

#AAAD2D #2DAD70 #302DAD #AD2D6A

split-complementary

#AAAD2D #2D6AAD #702DAD

monochromatic

#4B4C14 #7A7C20 #AAAD2D #CCCF48 #DADC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAAD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AAAD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD2D

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD2D	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)

#BBA512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.144 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c570',
    500: '#aaad2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad2d;
$custom-light: #c7c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.406,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72266,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD2D

secondary

#7472C4

accent

#46E24A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD2D

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

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