#AAA837#AAA837

#AAA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.132 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA837
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -13.22, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 57.54, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0416 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.132 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2709, 36.8281, 9.0750)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA837 #3739AA

analogous

#AA6F37 #AAA837 #72AA37

triadic

#AAA837 #37AAA8 #A837AA

tetradic

#AAA837 #37AA6F #3739AA #AA3772

square

#AAA837 #37AA6F #3739AA #AA3772

split-complementary

#AAA837 #3772AA #6F37AA

monochromatic

#4E4D19 #7C7A28 #AAA837 #C8C656 #D7D684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AAA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AAA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA837

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA837	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.132 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c174',
    500: '#aaa837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa837;
$custom-light: #c6c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71224,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA837

secondary

#7C7DC1

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA837

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

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