#AAA22A#AAA22A
#AAA22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.135 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAA22A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 162, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 60%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 75%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 75.3%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.40, -10.75, 59.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.40, 60.13, 100.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.8% -0.036 0.1299) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.8% 0.135 105.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.9171, 34.5550, 7.2839) |
| Luminance | 0.3455 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.89
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.98
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.47
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.50
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.10
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAA22A #2A32AA
analogous
#AA622A #AAA22A #72AA2A
triadic
#AAA22A #2AAAA2 #A22AAA
tetradic
#AAA22A #2AAA62 #2A32AA #AA2A72
square
#AAA22A #2AAA62 #2A32AA #AA2A72
split-complementary
#AAA22A #2A72AA #622AAA
monochromatic
#484412 #79731E #AAA22A #D0C741 #DCD672
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.65
#AAA22A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.91
#AAA22A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAA22A
7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAA22A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAA22A | 1.00 | 2.65 | 7.91 | 7.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09C11
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A133
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B7978B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aaa22a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.135 105.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7bd6d',
500: '#aaa22a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aaa22a; $custom-light: #c7bd6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aaa22a",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 162,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.25,
"s": 60.377,
"l": 41.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69805,
"c": 0.13477,
"h": 105.5
},
"luminance": 0.34554
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAA22A
secondary
#6C72C3
accent
#4EE444
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141208
muted
#82817B