#AAA53E#AAA53E
#AAA53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.124 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAA53E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 165, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 47%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 64%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 63.5%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.37, -11.23, 52.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.37, 53.46, 102.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.62% -0.0352 0.1188) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.62% 0.124 106.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.9033, 35.8051, 9.8397) |
| Luminance | 0.3580 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.83
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.37
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 5.62
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.23
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.26
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.70
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAA53E #3E43AA
analogous
#AA6F3E #AAA53E #79AA3E
triadic
#AAA53E #3EAAA5 #A53EAA
tetradic
#AAA53E #3EAA6F #3E43AA #AA3E79
square
#AAA53E #3EAA6F #3E43AA #AA3E79
split-complementary
#AAA53E #3E79AA #6F3EAA
monochromatic
#504E1D #7D792E #AAA53E #C5C060 #D5D28D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.57
#AAA53E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.16
#AAA53E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAA53E
8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAA53E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAA53E | 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)
#B29F31
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A344
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69B8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aaa53e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.124 106.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6bf78',
500: '#aaa53e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aaa53e; $custom-light: #c6bf78; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aaa53e",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 165,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.222,
"s": 46.552,
"l": 45.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70622,
"c": 0.1239,
"h": 106.5
},
"luminance": 0.35804
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAA53E
secondary
#8486C0
accent
#58D652
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7EE
border
#D1D0C9
text
#131209
muted
#82817B