#AAAF38#AAAF38

#AAAF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.139 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAF38
RGB	rgb(170, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -16.76, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 59.97, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0514 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.139 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6223, 39.4923, 9.6449)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAF38 #3D38AF

analogous

#AF7838 #AAAF38 #6EAF38

triadic

#AAAF38 #38AAAF #AF38AA

tetradic

#AAAF38 #38AF78 #3D38AF #AF386E

square

#AAAF38 #38AF78 #3D38AF #AF386E

split-complementary

#AAAF38 #386EAF #7838AF

monochromatic

#50521A #7D8129 #AAAF38 #C5CA5A #D6D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAAF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AAAF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAF38

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAF38	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.139 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c676',
    500: '#aaaf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaf38;
$custom-light: #c6c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.521,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72791,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAF38

secondary

#8280C3

accent

#4DDB53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAF38

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

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