#AAA43B#AAA43B
#AAA43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.125 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAA43B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 164, 59) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 48%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 65%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 65.3%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.07, -10.90, 53.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.07, 54.34, 101.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.37% -0.0346 0.1204) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.37% 0.125 106) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.6435, 35.4138, 9.3582) |
| Luminance | 0.3541 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.67
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.15
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 5.94
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.07
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.33
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAA43B #3B41AA
analogous
#AA6D3B #AAA43B #78AA3B
triadic
#AAA43B #3BAAA4 #A43BAA
tetradic
#AAA43B #3BAA6D #3B41AA #AA3B78
square
#AAA43B #3BAA6D #3B41AA #AA3B78
split-complementary
#AAA43B #3B78AA #6D3BAA
monochromatic
#4F4C1B #7D782B #AAA43B #C6C15C #D6D289
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.60
#AAA43B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.08
#AAA43B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAA43B
8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAA43B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAA43B | 1.00 | 2.60 | 8.08 | 8.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B29E2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A341
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B6998E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aaa43b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 59); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.125 106.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6be76',
500: '#aaa43b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aaa43b; $custom-light: #c6be76; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aaa43b",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 164,
"b": 59
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.757,
"s": 48.472,
"l": 44.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70374,
"c": 0.12525,
"h": 106
},
"luminance": 0.35413
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAA43B
secondary
#8084C0
accent
#57D850
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131209
muted
#82817B