#AAA22E#AAA22E
#AAA22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.132 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAA22E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 162, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 57%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 73%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 72.9%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.42, -10.56, 57.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.42, 58.71, 100.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.83% -0.0351 0.1277) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.83% 0.132 105.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.9923, 34.5851, 7.6800) |
| Luminance | 0.3458 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.08
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.27
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.57
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.72
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.17
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAA22E #2E36AA
analogous
#AA642E #AAA22E #74AA2E
triadic
#AAA22E #2EAAA2 #A22EAA
tetradic
#AAA22E #2EAA64 #2E36AA #AA2E74
square
#AAA22E #2EAA64 #2E36AA #AA2E74
split-complementary
#AAA22E #2E74AA #642EAA
monochromatic
#4A4614 #7A7421 #AAA22E #CDC548 #DAD478
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.65
#AAA22E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.92
#AAA22E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAA22E
7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAA22E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAA22E | 1.00 | 2.65 | 7.92 | 7.92 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09C19
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A136
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B7978B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aaa22e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.132 105.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7bd6f',
500: '#aaa22e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aaa22e; $custom-light: #c7bd6f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aaa22e",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 162,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.129,
"s": 57.407,
"l": 42.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69831,
"c": 0.13239,
"h": 105.4
},
"luminance": 0.34584
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAA22E
secondary
#7177C3
accent
#51E147
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B