#AAAD23#AAAD23

#AAAD23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.149 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD23
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -16.71, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 66.25, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0532 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.149 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8257, 38.5554, 7.3552)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD23 #2623AD

analogous

#AD6B23 #AAAD23 #65AD23

triadic

#AAAD23 #23AAAD #AD23AA

tetradic

#AAAD23 #23AD6B #2623AD #AD2365

square

#AAAD23 #23AD6B #2623AD #AD2365

split-complementary

#AAAD23 #2365AD #6B23AD

monochromatic

#46470E #787A19 #AAAD23 #D3D637 #DEE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAAD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AAAD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD23

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD23	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.149 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56b',
    500: '#aaad23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad23;
$custom-light: #c7c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7221,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD23

secondary

#6765C7

accent

#3FE942

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD23

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

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