#AAA538#AAA538

#AAA538 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	#AAA538
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -11.60, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 55.97, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0369 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.129 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7476, 35.7429, 9.0200)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA538 #383DAA

analogous

#AA6C38 #AAA538 #76AA38

triadic

#AAA538 #38AAA5 #A538AA

tetradic

#AAA538 #38AA6C #383DAA #AA3876

square

#AAA538 #38AA6C #383DAA #AA3876

split-complementary

#AAA538 #3876AA #6C38AA

monochromatic

#4E4C1A #7C7829 #AAA538 #C8C357 #D7D385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AAA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AAA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA538

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA538	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.129 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf75',
    500: '#aaa538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa538;
$custom-light: #c6bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70569,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA538

secondary

#7D80C1

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA538

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

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