#AAAD31#AAAD31

#AAAD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.141 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD31
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -16.12, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 61.77, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0503 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.141 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0766, 38.6558, 8.6767)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD31 #3431AD

analogous

#AD7231 #AAAD31 #6CAD31

triadic

#AAAD31 #31AAAD #AD31AA

tetradic

#AAAD31 #31AD72 #3431AD #AD316C

square

#AAAD31 #31AD72 #3431AD #AD316C

split-complementary

#AAAD31 #316CAD #7231AD

monochromatic

#4C4E16 #7B7D23 #AAAD31 #CACD4E #D8DA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAAD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AAAD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD31

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD31	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.141 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c572',
    500: '#aaad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad31;
$custom-light: #c7c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72292,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD31

secondary

#7877C3

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD31

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

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