#AACA38#AACA38

#AACA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.170 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AACA38
RGB	rgb(170, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(73, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(73, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -30.00, 65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 71.70, 114.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0882 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.17 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4125, 51.0726, 11.5750)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AACA38 #5838CA

analogous

#CAA138 #AACA38 #61CA38

triadic

#AACA38 #38AACA #CA38AA

tetradic

#AACA38 #38CAA1 #5838CA #CA3861

square

#AACA38 #38CAA1 #5838CA #CA3861

split-complementary

#AACA38 #3861CA #A138CA

monochromatic

#5A6B1D #829B29 #AACA38 #BFD768 #D3E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#AACA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#AACA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AACA38

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AACA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AACA38	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.170 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7da78',
    500: '#aaca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaca38;
$custom-light: #c7da78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.151,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7891,
    "c": 0.16965,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AACA38

secondary

#403175

accent

#47E169

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AACA38

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

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