#AAAD38#AAAD38

#AAAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.137 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD38
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -15.74, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 59.15, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0486 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.137 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2360, 38.7195, 9.5161)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD38 #3B38AD

analogous

#AD7538 #AAAD38 #70AD38

triadic

#AAAD38 #38AAAD #AD38AA

tetradic

#AAAD38 #38AD75 #3B38AD #AD3870

square

#AAAD38 #38AD75 #3B38AD #AD3870

split-complementary

#AAAD38 #3870AD #7538AD

monochromatic

#4F511A #7D7F29 #AAAD38 #C6C959 #D6D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AAAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD38

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD38	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)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.137 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c575',
    500: '#aaad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad38;
$custom-light: #c6c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72344,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD38

secondary

#807FC2

accent

#4DDB51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD38

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

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