#AAAF37#AAAF37

#AAAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.140 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAF37
RGB	rgb(170, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -16.82, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 60.35, 106.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0517 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.14 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5981, 39.4826, 9.5174)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAF37 #3C37AF

analogous

#AF7837 #AAAF37 #6EAF37

triadic

#AAAF37 #37AAAF #AF37AA

tetradic

#AAAF37 #37AF78 #3C37AF #AF376E

square

#AAAF37 #37AF78 #3C37AF #AF376E

split-complementary

#AAAF37 #376EAF #7837AF

monochromatic

#50521A #7D8028 #AAAF37 #C6CB59 #D6D987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAAF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AAAF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAF37

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAF37	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.140 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c675',
    500: '#aaaf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaf37;
$custom-light: #c6c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72783,
    "c": 0.13962,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAF37

secondary

#817FC3

accent

#4CDC52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAF37

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

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