#AAAD3B#AAAD3B

#AAAD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.135 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD3B
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 65.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -15.56, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 57.96, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0478 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.135 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3115, 38.7498, 9.9142)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD3B #3E3BAD

analogous

#AD773B #AAAD3B #71AD3B

triadic

#AAAD3B #3BAAAD #AD3BAA

tetradic

#AAAD3B #3BAD77 #3E3BAD #AD3B71

square

#AAAD3B #3BAD77 #3E3BAD #AD3B71

split-complementary

#AAAD3B #3B71AD #773BAD

monochromatic

#50521C #7D7F2B #AAAD3B #C5C85D #D5D78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAAD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#AAAD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD3B

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD3B	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.135 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c577',
    500: '#aaad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad3b;
$custom-light: #c6c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72369,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD3B

secondary

#8482C2

accent

#4FD953

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD3B

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

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