#AAAD40#AAAD40

#AAAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.131 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD40
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -15.25, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 55.90, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0463 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.131 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4475, 38.8042, 10.6302)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD40 #4340AD

analogous

#AD7A40 #AAAD40 #74AD40

triadic

#AAAD40 #40AAAD #AD40AA

tetradic

#AAAD40 #40AD7A #4340AD #AD4074

square

#AAAD40 #40AD7A #4340AD #AD4074

split-complementary

#AAAD40 #4074AD #7A40AD

monochromatic

#52541F #7E802F #AAAD40 #C3C664 #D4D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AAAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD40

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD40	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.131 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c57a',
    500: '#aaad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad40;
$custom-light: #c6c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.651,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72413,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD40

secondary

#8987C2

accent

#52D656

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD40

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

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