#AAAA23#AAAA23

#AAAA23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.146 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA23
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -15.18, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 65.16, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0489 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.146 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2569, 37.4178, 7.1656)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA23 #2323AA

analogous

#AA6623 #AAAA23 #66AA23

triadic

#AAAA23 #23AAAA #AA23AA

tetradic

#AAAA23 #23AA66 #2323AA #AA2366

square

#AAAA23 #23AA66 #2323AA #AA2366

split-complementary

#AAAA23 #2366AA #6623AA

monochromatic

#44440E #777719 #AAAA23 #D5D535 #E0E068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AAAA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AAAA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA23

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA23	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA62F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.146 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c36b',
    500: '#aaaa23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa23;
$custom-light: #c7c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7154,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA23

secondary

#6363C6

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA23

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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