#AAAF49#AAAF49

#AAAF49 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 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAF49
RGB	rgb(170, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -15.63, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 52.87, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0465 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.126 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1110, 39.6877, 12.2183)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAF49 #4E49AF

analogous

#AF8149 #AAAF49 #77AF49

triadic

#AAAF49 #49AAAF #AF49AA

tetradic

#AAAF49 #49AF81 #4E49AF #AF4977

square

#AAAF49 #49AF81 #4E49AF #AF4977

split-complementary

#AAAF49 #4977AF #8149AF

monochromatic

#565925 #808437 #AAAF49 #C0C471 #D3D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AAAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAF49

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAF49	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.126 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c680',
    500: '#aaaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaf49;
$custom-light: #c6c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.941,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72948,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAF49

secondary

#9491C2

accent

#57D15D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAF49

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

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