#AAA53C#AAA53C
#AAA53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAA53C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 165, 60) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 48%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 65%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 64.7%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.35, -11.36, 53.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.35, 54.31, 102.07°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.6% -0.0358 0.1203) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.6% 0.125 106.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.8494, 35.7836, 9.5560) |
| Luminance | 0.3578 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.61
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.13
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 5.87
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.12
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.13
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAA53C #3C41AA
analogous
#AA6E3C #AAA53C #78AA3C
triadic
#AAA53C #3CAAA5 #A53CAA
tetradic
#AAA53C #3CAA6E #3C41AA #AA3C78
square
#AAA53C #3CAA6E #3C41AA #AA3C78
split-complementary
#AAA53C #3C78AA #6E3CAA
monochromatic
#504D1C #7D792C #AAA53C #C6C15D #D6D28B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.57
#AAA53C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.16
#AAA53C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAA53C
8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAA53C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAA53C | 1.00 | 2.57 | 8.16 | 8.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39F2F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A342
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69A8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aaa53c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 60); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 106.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6bf77',
500: '#aaa53c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aaa53c; $custom-light: #c6bf77; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aaa53c",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 165,
"b": 60
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.273,
"s": 47.826,
"l": 45.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70604,
"c": 0.12548,
"h": 106.6
},
"luminance": 0.35783
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAA53C
secondary
#8184C0
accent
#57D750
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131209
muted
#82817B