#AAA037#AAA037

#AAA037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.124 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA037
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -9.03, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 54.49, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0298 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.124 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8391, 33.9646, 8.5977)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA037 #3741AA

analogous

#AA6737 #AAA037 #7BAA37

triadic

#AAA037 #37AAA0 #A037AA

tetradic

#AAA037 #37AA67 #3741AA #AA377B

square

#AAA037 #37AA67 #3741AA #AA377B

split-complementary

#AAA037 #377BAA #6737AA

monochromatic

#4E4919 #7C7428 #AAA037 #C8BE56 #D7D084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AAA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AAA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA037

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA037	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.124 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb74',
    500: '#aaa037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa037;
$custom-light: #c6bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69461,
    "c": 0.1244,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA037

secondary

#7C82C1

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA037

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

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