#AAAF59#AAAF59

#AAAF59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.110 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAF59
RGB	rgb(170, 175, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -14.25, 43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 45.41, 108.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0409 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.11 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7113, 39.9279, 15.3802)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAF59 #5E59AF

analogous

#AF8959 #AAAF59 #7FAF59

triadic

#AAAF59 #59AAAF #AF59AA

tetradic

#AAAF59 #59AF89 #5E59AF #AF597F

square

#AAAF59 #59AF89 #5E59AF #AF597F

split-complementary

#AAAF59 #597FAF #8959AF

monochromatic

#5D602E #858942 #AAAF59 #BFC382 #D4D7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAAF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#AAAF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAF59

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAF59	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 175, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.110 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c68a',
    500: '#aaaf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaf59;
$custom-light: #c5c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.488,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7314,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAF59

secondary

#A19FC5

accent

#5DCB63

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAF59

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

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