#AAA23E#AAA23E
#AAA23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAA23E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 162, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 47%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 64%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 63.5%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.54, -9.65, 51.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.54, 52.28, 100.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.96% -0.0308 0.1169) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.96% 0.121 104.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.3685, 34.7356, 9.6615) |
| Luminance | 0.3473 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.39
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.86
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 5.55
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.36
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.81
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.94
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAA23E #3E46AA
analogous
#AA6C3E #AAA23E #7CAA3E
triadic
#AAA23E #3EAAA2 #A23EAA
tetradic
#AAA23E #3EAA6C #3E46AA #AA3E7C
square
#AAA23E #3EAA6C #3E46AA #AA3E7C
split-complementary
#AAA23E #3E7CAA #6C3EAA
monochromatic
#504D1D #7D772E #AAA23E #C5BE60 #D5D08D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.64
#AAA23E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.95
#AAA23E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAA23E
7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAA23E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAA23E | 1.00 | 2.64 | 7.95 | 7.95 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.64 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09D32
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A144
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B6988D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aaa23e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 104.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6bd78',
500: '#aaa23e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aaa23e; $custom-light: #c6bd78; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aaa23e",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 162,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.556,
"s": 46.552,
"l": 45.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69963,
"c": 0.1209,
"h": 104.7
},
"luminance": 0.34735
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAA23E
secondary
#8488C0
accent
#5BD652
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131209
muted
#82817B