#AAAD37#AAAD37

#AAAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.137 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD37
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -15.80, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 59.54, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0488 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.137 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2118, 38.7099, 9.3886)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD37 #3A37AD

analogous

#AD7537 #AAAD37 #6FAD37

triadic

#AAAD37 #37AAAD #AD37AA

tetradic

#AAAD37 #37AD75 #3A37AD #AD376F

square

#AAAD37 #37AD75 #3A37AD #AD376F

split-complementary

#AAAD37 #376FAD #7537AD

monochromatic

#4F5019 #7C7F28 #AAAD37 #C7CA57 #D6D886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AAAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD37

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD37	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.137 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c575',
    500: '#aaad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad37;
$custom-light: #c6c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.525,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72336,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD37

secondary

#7F7DC2

accent

#4DDB50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD37

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

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