#AAAD49#AAAD49

#AAAD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.123 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD49
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 57.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -14.60, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 51.98, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0435 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.123 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7246, 38.9150, 12.0895)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD49 #4C49AD

analogous

#AD7E49 #AAAD49 #78AD49

triadic

#AAAD49 #49AAAD #AD49AA

tetradic

#AAAD49 #49AD7E #4C49AD #AD4978

square

#AAAD49 #49AD7E #4C49AD #AD4978

split-complementary

#AAAD49 #4978AD #7E49AD

monochromatic

#555725 #808237 #AAAD49 #C0C370 #D3D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AAAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD49

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD49	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.123 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c580',
    500: '#aaad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad49;
$custom-light: #c6c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.8,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72503,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD49

secondary

#9290C1

accent

#57D15B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD49

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

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