#AAAF48#AAAF48

#AAAF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.126 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAF48
RGB	rgb(170, 175, 72)
HSL	hsl(63, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 58.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -15.70, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 53.32, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0468 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.126 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0781, 39.6746, 12.0451)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAF48 #4D48AF

analogous

#AF8048 #AAAF48 #76AF48

triadic

#AAAF48 #48AAAF #AF48AA

tetradic

#AAAF48 #48AF80 #4D48AF #AF4876

square

#AAAF48 #48AF80 #4D48AF #AF4876

split-complementary

#AAAF48 #4876AF #8048AF

monochromatic

#565824 #808436 #AAAF48 #C0C470 #D3D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAAF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AAAF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAF48

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAF48	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.126 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c67f',
    500: '#aaaf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaf48;
$custom-light: #c6c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.913,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72937,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAF48

secondary

#9390C2

accent

#56D25C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAF48

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

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