#AAAF40#AAAF40

#AAAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.133 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAF40
RGB	rgb(170, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -16.27, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 56.76, 106.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0492 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.133 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8339, 39.5769, 10.7590)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAF40 #4540AF

analogous

#AF7D40 #AAAF40 #73AF40

triadic

#AAAF40 #40AAAF #AF40AA

tetradic

#AAAF40 #40AF7D #4540AF #AF4073

square

#AAAF40 #40AF7D #4540AF #AF4073

split-complementary

#AAAF40 #4073AF #7D40AF

monochromatic

#53551F #7E8230 #AAAF40 #C2C765 #D4D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AAAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAF40

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAF40	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.133 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67a',
    500: '#aaaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaf40;
$custom-light: #c6c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.703,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72859,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAF40

secondary

#8B88C3

accent

#52D658

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAF40

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

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