#AAA937#AAA937

#AAA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.133 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA937
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -13.74, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 57.93, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0431 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.133 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4562, 37.1988, 9.1368)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA937 #3738AA

analogous

#AA7037 #AAA937 #72AA37

triadic

#AAA937 #37AAA9 #A937AA

tetradic

#AAA937 #37AA70 #3738AA #AA3772

square

#AAA937 #37AA70 #3738AA #AA3772

split-complementary

#AAA937 #3772AA #7037AA

monochromatic

#4E4D19 #7C7B28 #AAA937 #C8C756 #D7D784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AAA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#AAA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA937

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA937	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.133 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c275',
    500: '#aaa937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa937;
$custom-light: #c6c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71446,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA937

secondary

#7C7CC1

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA937

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

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