#AAAF36#AAAF36

#AAAF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.140 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAF36
RGB	rgb(170, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -16.87, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 60.73, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.052 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.14 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5744, 39.4731, 9.3924)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAF36 #3B36AF

analogous

#AF7736 #AAAF36 #6EAF36

triadic

#AAAF36 #36AAAF #AF36AA

tetradic

#AAAF36 #36AF77 #3B36AF #AF366E

square

#AAAF36 #36AF77 #3B36AF #AF366E

split-complementary

#AAAF36 #366EAF #7736AF

monochromatic

#4F5119 #7D8028 #AAAF36 #C6CB57 #D6DA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAAF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AAAF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAF36

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAF36	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)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.140 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c675',
    500: '#aaaf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaf36;
$custom-light: #c6c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.479,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72776,
    "c": 0.1403,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAF36

secondary

#807DC3

accent

#4CDC52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAF36

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

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