#AAA531#AAA531
#AAA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.133 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAA531 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 165, 49) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 55%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 71%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 71.2%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.27, -11.99, 57.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.27, 58.70, 101.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.51% -0.0388 0.1276) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.51% 0.133 106.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.5883, 35.6791, 8.1806) |
| Luminance | 0.3568 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
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#A2A415
ΔE00 2.62
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.96
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.63
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.77
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.89
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAA531 #3136AA
analogous
#AA6931 #AAA531 #72AA31
triadic
#AAA531 #31AAA5 #A531AA
tetradic
#AAA531 #31AA69 #3136AA #AA3172
square
#AAA531 #31AA69 #3136AA #AA3172
split-complementary
#AAA531 #3172AA #6931AA
monochromatic
#4B4916 #7A7723 #AAA531 #CCC64D #D9D57C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.58
#AAA531 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.14
#AAA531 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAA531
8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAA531 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAA531 | 1.00 | 2.58 | 8.14 | 8.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39F1E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A339
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69A8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aaa531; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 49); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.133 106.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7bf71',
500: '#aaa531',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aaa531; $custom-light: #c7bf71; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aaa531",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 165,
"b": 49
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.521,
"s": 55.251,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70514,
"c": 0.13334,
"h": 106.9
},
"luminance": 0.35678
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAA531
secondary
#7578C2
accent
#4FDF49
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B