#AAAD33#AAAD33

#AAAD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.140 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD33
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -16.02, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 61.04, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0499 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.14 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1197, 38.6731, 8.9040)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD33 #3633AD

analogous

#AD7333 #AAAD33 #6DAD33

triadic

#AAAD33 #33AAAD #AD33AA

tetradic

#AAAD33 #33AD73 #3633AD #AD336D

square

#AAAD33 #33AD73 #3633AD #AD336D

split-complementary

#AAAD33 #336DAD #7333AD

monochromatic

#4D4E17 #7C7E25 #AAAD33 #C9CC51 #D8DA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAAD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AAAD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD33

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD33	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)

#BBA51E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.140 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c573',
    500: '#aaad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad33;
$custom-light: #c7c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72306,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD33

secondary

#7B79C3

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD33

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

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