#AAA23D#AAA23D
#AAA23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.122 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAA23D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 162, 61) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 47%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 64%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 64.1%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.53, -9.72, 51.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.53, 52.72, 100.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.95% -0.0311 0.1177) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.95% 0.122 104.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.3413, 34.7247, 9.5183) |
| Luminance | 0.3472 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.28
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.74
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 5.68
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.29
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.74
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAA23D #3D45AA
analogous
#AA6B3D #AAA23D #7CAA3D
triadic
#AAA23D #3DAAA2 #A23DAA
tetradic
#AAA23D #3DAA6B #3D45AA #AA3D7C
square
#AAA23D #3DAA6B #3D45AA #AA3D7C
split-complementary
#AAA23D #3D7CAA #6B3DAA
monochromatic
#504C1D #7D772D #AAA23D #C5BE5F #D6D08C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.64
#AAA23D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.94
#AAA23D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAA23D
7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAA23D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAA23D | 1.00 | 2.64 | 7.94 | 7.94 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.64 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09C31
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A143
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B6978D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aaa23d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 61); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.122 104.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6bd77',
500: '#aaa23d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aaa23d; $custom-light: #c6bd77; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aaa23d",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 162,
"b": 61
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.596,
"s": 47.186,
"l": 45.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69953,
"c": 0.12171,
"h": 104.8
},
"luminance": 0.34724
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAA23D
secondary
#8287C0
accent
#5BD751
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131209
muted
#82817B