#AAAE37#AAAE37

#AAAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.139 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE37
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -16.31, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 59.94, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0503 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.139 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4042, 39.0948, 9.4528)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE37 #3B37AE

analogous

#AE7737 #AAAE37 #6EAE37

triadic

#AAAE37 #37AAAE #AE37AA

tetradic

#AAAE37 #37AE77 #3B37AE #AE376E

square

#AAAE37 #37AE77 #3B37AE #AE376E

split-complementary

#AAAE37 #376EAE #7737AE

monochromatic

#4F511A #7D7F28 #AAAE37 #C6CA58 #D6D986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AAAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE37

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE37	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.139 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c675',
    500: '#aaae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae37;
$custom-light: #c6c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.017,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7256,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE37

secondary

#807EC3

accent

#4CDB51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE37

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

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