#AAA738#AAA738

#AAA738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.131 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA738
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -12.65, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 56.74, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0399 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.131 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1112, 36.4700, 9.1412)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA738 #383BAA

analogous

#AA6E38 #AAA738 #74AA38

triadic

#AAA738 #38AAA7 #A738AA

tetradic

#AAA738 #38AA6E #383BAA #AA3874

square

#AAA738 #38AA6E #383BAA #AA3874

split-complementary

#AAA738 #3874AA #6E38AA

monochromatic

#4E4D1A #7C7A29 #AAA738 #C8C557 #D7D585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AAA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#AAA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA738

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA738	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.131 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c075',
    500: '#aaa738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa738;
$custom-light: #c6c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71011,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA738

secondary

#7D7FC1

accent

#52DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA738

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

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