#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
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 34)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 80%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -19.57, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 65.62, 107.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0607 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.149 114)
XYZ	xyz(29.1616, 36.3391, 6.9910)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A0AA22	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A0AA22

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

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