#AAAD61#AAAD61

#AAAD61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.099 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD61
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 43.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -12.42, 38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 40.50, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0349 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.099 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6793, 39.2969, 17.1178)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD61 #6461AD

analogous

#AD8A61 #AAAD61 #84AD61

triadic

#AAAD61 #61AAAD #AD61AA

tetradic

#AAAD61 #61AD8A #6461AD #AD6184

square

#AAAD61 #61AD8A #6461AD #AD6184

split-complementary

#AAAD61 #6184AD #8A61AD

monochromatic

#5F6132 #878947 #AAAD61 #C0C289 #D5D7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAAD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AAAD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD61

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD61	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.099 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c58f',
    500: '#aaad61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad61;
$custom-light: #c5c58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 31.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72813,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD61

secondary

#A6A4C5

accent

#60C864

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD61

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

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