#A0AA22#A0AA22

#A0AA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.149 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A0AA22
RGBrgb(160, 170, 34)
HSLhsl(64, 67%, 40%)
HSVhsv(64, 80%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(5.9%, 0%, 80%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.78, -19.57, 62.64)
CIE-LCHlch(66.78, 65.62, 107.35°)
OKLaboklab(70.69% -0.0607 0.1362)
OKLCHoklch(70.69% 0.149 114)
XYZxyz(29.1616, 36.3391, 6.9910)
Luminance0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A0AA22 #2C22AA
analogous
#AA7022 #A0AA22 #5CAA22
triadic
#A0AA22 #22A0AA #AA22A0
tetradic
#A0AA22 #22AA70 #2C22AA #AA225C
square
#A0AA22 #22AA70 #2C22AA #AA225C
split-complementary
#A0AA22 #225CAA #7022AA
monochromatic
#40440E #707718 #A0AA22 #CAD633 #D7E066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54
#A0AA22 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27
#A0AA22 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AA22
8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A0AA22#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A0AA221.002.548.278.27
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2721.001.001.00
##0000008.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A100
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A42F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AB9F91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a0aa22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.149 114.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c36a',
    500: '#a0aa22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a0aa22;
$custom-light: #c0c36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a0aa22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.412,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70691,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.36339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A0AA22
secondary
#6962C6
accent
#3EEA4B
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F7EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A

Preview Lab

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#A0AA22 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva