#AAAC23#AAAC23

#AAAC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.148 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAC23
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -16.20, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 65.89, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0518 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.148 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6346, 38.1734, 7.2916)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAC23 #2523AC

analogous

#AC6923 #AAAC23 #65AC23

triadic

#AAAC23 #23AAAC #AC23AA

tetradic

#AAAC23 #23AC69 #2523AC #AC2365

square

#AAAC23 #23AC69 #2523AC #AC2365

split-complementary

#AAAC23 #2365AC #6923AC

monochromatic

#45460E #787919 #AAAC23 #D4D636 #DFE069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AAAC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AAAC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAC23

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAC23	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaac23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.148 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c46b',
    500: '#aaac23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaac23;
$custom-light: #c7c46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaac23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.876,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71987,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAC23

secondary

#6664C6

accent

#3FE941

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAC23

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

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