#AAAF31#AAAF31

#AAAF31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.144 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAF31
RGB	rgb(170, 175, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 72%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -17.14, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 62.56, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0532 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.144 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4630, 39.4285, 8.8055)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAF31 #3631AF

analogous

#AF7531 #AAAF31 #6BAF31

triadic

#AAAF31 #31AAAF #AF31AA

tetradic

#AAAF31 #31AF75 #3631AF #AF316B

square

#AAAF31 #31AF75 #3631AF #AF316B

split-complementary

#AAAF31 #316BAF #7531AF

monochromatic

#4D4F16 #7C7F24 #AAAF31 #C9CE4F #D8DB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAAF31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AAAF31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAF31

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAF31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAF31	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaf31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 175, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.144 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c672',
    500: '#aaaf31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaf31;
$custom-light: #c7c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaf31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.381,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7274,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAF31

secondary

#7B78C4

accent

#48E04E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAF31

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

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