#AAAF42#AAAF42

#AAAF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAF42
RGB	rgb(170, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -16.13, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 55.92, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0486 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.131 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8918, 39.6001, 11.0641)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAF42 #4742AF

analogous

#AF7D42 #AAAF42 #74AF42

triadic

#AAAF42 #42AAAF #AF42AA

tetradic

#AAAF42 #42AF7D #4742AF #AF4274

square

#AAAF42 #42AF7D #4742AF #AF4274

split-complementary

#AAAF42 #4274AF #7D42AF

monochromatic

#545620 #7F8331 #AAAF42 #C2C668 #D4D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AAAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAF42

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAF42	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#BCA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67b',
    500: '#aaaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaf42;
$custom-light: #c6c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.752,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72878,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAF42

secondary

#8D8AC2

accent

#53D559

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAF42

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

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