#AAAD32#AAAD32

#AAAD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.141 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD32
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 71.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -16.07, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 61.41, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0501 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.141 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0979, 38.6643, 8.7891)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD32 #3532AD

analogous

#AD7232 #AAAD32 #6CAD32

triadic

#AAAD32 #32AAAD #AD32AA

tetradic

#AAAD32 #32AD72 #3532AD #AD326C

square

#AAAD32 #32AD72 #3532AD #AD326C

split-complementary

#AAAD32 #326CAD #7232AD

monochromatic

#4D4E17 #7B7E24 #AAAD32 #C9CC50 #D8DA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAAD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AAAD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD32

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD32	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#BBA51C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.141 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c572',
    500: '#aaad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad32;
$custom-light: #c7c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.463,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD32

secondary

#7A78C3

accent

#49DE4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD32

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

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