#AA9656#AA9656

#AA9656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.087 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9656
RGB	rgb(170, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 49.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -1.27, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 36.30, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0039 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.087 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1646, 31.0319, 13.2558)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9656 #566AAA

analogous

#AA6C56 #AA9656 #94AA56

triadic

#AA9656 #56AA96 #9656AA

tetradic

#AA9656 #56AA6C #566AAA #AA5694

square

#AA9656 #56AA6C #566AAA #AA5694

split-complementary

#AA9656 #5694AA #6C56AA

monochromatic

#594E2D #827241 #AA9656 #BEAF7F #D3C9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AA9656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#AA9656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9656

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9656	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.087 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b487',
    500: '#aa9656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9656;
$custom-light: #c5b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67664,
    "c": 0.08706,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9656

secondary

#9BA4C1

accent

#78C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9656

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

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