#AAAD36#AAAD36

#AAAD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.138 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD36
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -15.85, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 59.92, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0491 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.138 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1880, 38.7004, 9.2637)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD36 #3936AD

analogous

#AD7536 #AAAD36 #6EAD36

triadic

#AAAD36 #36AAAD #AD36AA

tetradic

#AAAD36 #36AD75 #3936AD #AD366E

square

#AAAD36 #36AD75 #3936AD #AD366E

split-complementary

#AAAD36 #366EAD #7536AD

monochromatic

#4E5019 #7C7E27 #AAAD36 #C7CA56 #D7D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AAAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD36

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD36	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.138 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c574',
    500: '#aaad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad36;
$custom-light: #c6c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.513,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72329,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD36

secondary

#7E7CC2

accent

#4CDC50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD36

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

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