#AAA537#AAA537

#AAA537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.129 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA537
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -11.66, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 56.37, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0372 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.129 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7234, 35.7332, 8.8925)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA537 #373CAA

analogous

#AA6C37 #AAA537 #76AA37

triadic

#AAA537 #37AAA5 #A537AA

tetradic

#AAA537 #37AA6C #373CAA #AA3776

square

#AAA537 #37AA6C #373CAA #AA3776

split-complementary

#AAA537 #3776AA #6C37AA

monochromatic

#4E4B19 #7C7828 #AAA537 #C8C356 #D7D484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AAA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AAA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA537

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA537	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.129 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf74',
    500: '#aaa537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa537;
$custom-light: #c6bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70561,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA537

secondary

#7C7FC1

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA537

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

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