#AAC231#AAC231

#AAC231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.164 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAC231
RGB	rgb(170, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -26.54, 65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 70.46, 112.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0792 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.164 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4245, 47.3516, 10.1261)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAC231 #4931C2

analogous

#C29131 #AAC231 #61C231

triadic

#AAC231 #31AAC2 #C231AA

tetradic

#AAC231 #31C291 #4931C2 #C23161

square

#AAC231 #31C291 #4931C2 #C23161

split-complementary

#AAC231 #3161C2 #9131C2

monochromatic

#546018 #7F9125 #AAC231 #C1D65B #D4E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AAC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#AAC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAC231

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAC231	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB70F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aac231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.164 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d474',
    500: '#aac231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aac231;
$custom-light: #c7d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aac231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.931,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77037,
    "c": 0.16444,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAC231

secondary

#8F83CC

accent

#45E35F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAC231

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

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